Theodor Adorno - Music and Protest

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Producer: Ric Brown
Keywords: Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Adorno; Adorno; Critical Theory

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• Cultural Studies
• Critical Theory

[desfondo]

We still read Adorno's books in Latin America, at the University.

So what? Enjoy yourselves. In one hand, shut down your computers and make revolution, if you don't agree with his position. In the other hand, you could (I imagine) argue with another theorist, another one that's not dead. And not by the Internet, but face to face.

[whizbang47]

So much for the actual subject and Adorno's remarks. And poor dead Hegel, whom jerkees confuse with a slapstick version of Nietzsche.

[egapnala65]

@stillceaser Oh but it does. Its based on endless conflict, warfare and alpha male behaviour. As you quite adequately prove. And I will say whatever I want you pathetic litt;e fascist. Its called democracy, An alien concept to Hegelianism I know but still.

[stillceaser]

@egapnala65 Hegel doesn't bring this stuff out. Your bullshit does. Stick to music, and leave philosophy alone. Better yet, find yourself that dumpster...

[egapnala65]

@stillceaser More ad hominen. It is amazing how Hegel brings this stuff out in people isn't it? The only thing that should rightly be thrown in the dumpster is the revolting "ubermenschen" philosophy of Hegelianism.

Of course it would have to take the majority of 20th century philosophy with it as well as much of it is concerned with blind unthinking acceptance of this charlatan's nonsense. But it's no great loss.

[stillceaser]

@stillceaser We're done.

[stillceaser]

@egapnala65 Ad Hominem? I only called you a fruit cake. Your character is as bad as your philosophy. You are deeply unpleasant, antagonistic for the sake of it, obtuse, rude and you know absolutely fuck all about philosophy, less fuck all about me. Quite honestly, if I met you in the street I would throw you into the nearest dumpster. It gets my goat when people who know the least, decide to shout the loudest. Your like a kid who's just read his first book on philosophy and figures he 'got it'.

[egapnala65]

@stillceaser Adorno's stuff on universities? Was this when he opposed a load of student protestors in the US in the late 60s? Yes very enlightening. Typical bourgeois radical.

[egapnala65]

@stillceaser And I approach this from the point of view as a musician and the effects on musical democracy this pseudo intellectual piece of filth has had is utterly unforgivable.

[egapnala65]

@stillceaser Ad Hominen. Not sound argument. Now back to splitting infinitives like the good textual analyst you probably are.