Negative Dialektik und Materialismus
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Michael Städtler [1]
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[1] Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität
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- Localización: Giornale di Metafisica: revista bimestrale di filosofia, ISSN 0017-0372, Vol. 37, Nº. 1, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Metafisica e materia / coord. por Angelo Cicatello, Michael Städtler), págs. 92-105
- Idioma: alemán
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Resumen
The central topic of Adorno’s Negative Dialectic is modern subjectivity. It is also the key to Adorno’s specific notion of materialism. Contrary to common opinion, it is possible to reconstruct a clear conception of materialism in Adorno’s work. However, since it presents the result of the overcoming of the dichotomy of nature and autonomy in Adorno’s concept of the subject, this materialism cannot be detected from the point to view of early modern materialist traditions. Instead, it is a result of Adorno’s critique of classical German philosophy and Marxist social theory. According to Adorno, the transition to his kind of materialism follows from the priority of the object and the concept of the non-identical. It has its roots in the object-dependency of subject and in its own object-quality as well, more specifically in the abilities to suffer and to achieve happiness. This object-quality is not a raw anthropological property, but it is substantially related to the historical development of social relationships. The paper will reconstruct Adorno’s concept of materialism by discussing the relevant parts of the Negative Dialectic.
