Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
New German Critique
Angaben zur Quelle:
72 (1997) 45-81
Schlagwort(e):
Adorno, Theodor W.,
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Kurzfassung:
Theodor Adorno's statements about the impossibility of writing poetry after Auschwitz are explicated in the context of his evolving Hegelian Marxist philosophy and the public's growing awareness of the Holocaust since the end of World War II. For Adorno, "Auschwitz" represents a moment in a dialectic and is part of his larger critique of capitalistic modernity and the Enlightenment. His thinking was very much a product of his long exile in the USA since the 1930s. The meaning of Adorno's thought about poetry and Auschwitz are explored and its influence on Western writing is considered. Adorno provides complex, contradictory and frequently misunderstood concepts for evaluating "Holocaust art." His ideas, whether or not they are attributed to him, continue to be influential. Adorno locates the roots of genocide in the development of modern nationalism.
Anmerkung:
Appeared also in his "Traumatic Realism; the Demands of Holocaust Representation" (2000).
URL:
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