Theodor Adorno is a widely-studied figure, but most often with regard to his work on cultural theory, philosophy and aesthetics. The Sociology of Theodor Adorno provides the first thorough English-language account of Adorno's sociological thinking. Matthias Benzer reads Adorno's sociology through six major themes: the problem of conceptualising capitalist society; empirical res...(展开全部)

The range of Adorno'sachievement, and the depth of his insights,is breathtaking and daunting. His work on literary, artistic, and musical forms, his devastating indictment of modern industrial society, and his profound grasp of Western culture from Homer to Hollywood have made him one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century thought. As one of the main philosop...(展开全部)

- 编者简介 - 黛博拉•库克（Deborah Cook），加拿大温莎大学哲学教授，著有《重访文化工业：西奥多•W. 阿多诺论大众文化》（The Culture Industry Revisited: Theodor W. Adorno on Mass Culture, 1996）和《阿多诺、哈贝马斯与理性社会研究》（Adorno, Habermas, and the Search for a Rational Society, 2004）。 - 译者简介 - 唐文娟，陕西师范大学文艺学专业硕士，现为华东师范大学思勉人文高等研究院现当代文学专业博士生。

The Melancholy Science is Gillian Rose’s investigation into Theodor Adorno’s work and legacy. Rose uncovers the unity discernable among the many fragments of Adorno’s oeuvre, and argues that his influence has been to turn Marxism into a search for style. The attempts of Adorno, Lukács and Benjamin to develop a Marxist theory of culture centred on the concept of reification are ...(展开全部)

The Melancholy Science is Gillian Rose’s investigation into Theodor Adorno’s work and legacy. Rose uncovers the unity discernable among the many fragments of Adorno’s oeuvre, and argues that his influence has been to turn Marxism into a search for style. The attempts of Adorno, Lukács and Benjamin to develop a Marxist theory of culture centred on the concept of reification are ...(展开全部)

Gillian Rose (1947–1995) was a British philosopher and sociologist. She is the author of The Melancholy Science, Paradiso, Mourning Becomes the Law, The Broken Middle; Dialectic of Nihilism, Hegel Contra Sociology, and Love’s Work.

Theodor W. Adorno broached key questions about the role of music in contemporary society and argued that it affected consciousness and was a means of social management and control. Asserting that music sociology can be greatly enriched by returning to Adorno's focus on music as a dynamic medium of social life, this book considers cognition, the emotions and music as a manageme...(展开全部)

Translated by Ephraim Fischoff With a new Foreword by Ann Swidler