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Written between 1944 and 1947, Minima Moralia is a collection of rich, lucid aphorisms and essays about life in modern capitalist society. Adorno casts his penetrating eye across society in mid-century America and finds a life deformed by capitalism. This is Adorno's theoretical and literary masterpiece and a classic of twentieth-century thought.

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A volume of Adorno is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature. --Susan Sontag The most peculiarly representative of Adorno's work. --Cambridge Review The best thoughts of a noble and invigorating mind. --The Observer [UK] A staggering variety of topics is covered, moving in each section from the most intimate personal experiences to the most general theoretical problems. --Radical Philosophy A primary intellectual document of this age. --Sunday Times [London] A classic of twentieth-century thought ... whose translation is the best by far of any work of critical theory. --Times Literary Supplement

A volume of Adorno is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature. -Susan Sontag The most peculiarly representative of Adorno's work. -Cambridge Review The best thoughts of a noble and invigorating mind. -The Observer [UK] A staggering variety of topics is covered, moving in each section from the most intimate personal experiences to the most general theoretical problems. -Radical Philosophy A primary intellectual document of this age. -Sunday Times [London] A classic of twentieth-century thought ... whose translation is the best by far of any work of critical theory. -Times Literary Supplement

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Theodor Adorno was Director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt from 1959 until his death in 1969.

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