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The logic of critical theory: a study on Adorno\'s Negative Dialectics

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Author(s):
Renata Inarah Guerra Santos
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Doctoral Thesis
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
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Examining board members:
Luiz Sergio Repa; Erick Calheiros de Lima; Eduardo Soares Neves Silva; Giovanni Zanotti
Advisor: Luiz Sergio Repa
Abstract

This study aims to clarify the logical meaning of the idea of negative dialectics in Theodor W. Adorno\'s critical theory. For this purpose, we first investigate the genesis of the theme in his early writings and the transformations it undergoes in the light of the philosophical tradition comprising Kant, Hegel, and Marx. In a second step, analyzing the texts belonging to the complex of negative dialectics which the homonymous book integrates, we seek to demonstrate to what extent Adorno rehabilitates and critiques modern dialectics, especially the Hegelian variant. In this movement, we argue that negative dialectics articulates what we call an inverted logic of reflection, in which the concept of a logic of disintegration is consolidated both as a critique of society and of dialectics itself (AU)

FAPESP's process: 17/03781-4 - Logic of disintegration in Theodor W. Adorno: Negative Dialectics as a critique of the Science of Logic
Grantee:Renata Inarah Guerra Santos
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate