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OverviewNow appearing in English for the first time, thecorrespondence between philosopher Theodor W. Adorno and his graduate studentElisabeth Lenk provides a rich mine of critical material for reassessing thesignificance of the surrealist movement and its successors. Written between1962 and 1969, these letters are accompanied by a selection of documents thatcontextualize their engagement with the art and politics of the period. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elisabeth Lenk , Theodor W. Adorno Adorno , Susan H. Gillespie , Susan H. GillespiePublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780816656172ISBN 10: 0816656177 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 15 November 2015 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsContents Editor’s Note Introduction. Departures: Critical Theory and Surrealism Rita Bischof Surrealism: Last Snapshot of the European Intelligentsia Walter Benjamin Surrealism Reconsidered Theodor W. Adorno Critical Theory and Surreal Practice Elisabeth Lenk Correspondence between Theodor W. Adorno and Elisabeth Lenk, 1962–1969 Introduction to the Correspondence Elisabeth Lenk Sense and Sensibility: Afterword to Louis Aragon’s Paris Peasant Elisabeth Lenk Introduction to the German Edition of Charles Fourier’s The Theory of the Four Movements and the General Destinies Elisabeth Lenk Surrealist Readings Castor Zwieback (Theodor W. Adorno and Carl Dreyfus) Notes Publication History IndexReviewsThe Challenge of Surrealism is an important intellectual and personal document that not only illuminates some of Adorno's major philosophical concerns from an unexpected perspective, but also presents the record of a deeply personal and complex relationship characterized by attraction and repulsion, desire and distance, immediacy and deferral. --Gerhard Richter, Brown University The Challenge of Surrealism is an important intellectual and personal document that not only illuminates some of Adorno's major philosophical concerns from an unexpected perspective, but also presents the record of a deeply personal and complex relationship characterized by attraction and repulsion, desire and distance, immediacy and deferral. -Gerhard Richter, Brown University The Challenge of Surrealism is an important intellectual and personal document that not only illuminates some of Adorno s major philosophical concerns from an unexpected perspective, but also presents the record of a deeply personal and complex relationship characterized by attraction and repulsion, desire and distance, immediacy and deferral. Gerhard Richter, Brown University Author InformationSusan H. Gillespie is founding director of the Institute for International Liberal Education at Bard College, where she is vice president for special global initiatives. She has translated prose and poetry from German to English. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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