In Search of Wagner (Radical Thinkers)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1844673448
ISBN 13
9781844673445
Category
Philosophy
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Publication Year
2009
Publisher
Pages
148
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Description
Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe’s most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Measuring key elements of Wagner’s oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray the social gestures and high-culture fantasies that helped plant the seeds of the modern Culture Industry. A foreword by Slavoj iek situates Adorno’s reflections within present debates over Wagner’s anti-Semitism and the moral status of his work, proving why this book remains one of the most important character studies of the twentieth century. - from Amzon
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