{"product_id":"adornos-rhinoceros-9781350177802","title":"Adornos Rhinoceros","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout his work, the philosopher Theodor W. Adorno repeatedly invokes the rhinoceros. Taking its cue from one of these passages in \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, So a rhinoceros, the mute animal, seems to say: I am a rhinoceros', this book explores the life of this animal in Adorno's texts, and articulates the nuanced interconnections between art, nature and critique in his thought.By thus illuminating key elements of Adorno's work, this volume reveals the invaluable contributions that this classical' thinker can make to our current reflections on the various pressing natural and political crises of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these probing, eloquent, and sometimes lacerating essays, Adorno’s continuing fascination with the rhinoceros is the occasion for commentary on his claim that art, at least now, emerges as the stand-in for an absent nature, for a nature facing extinction.  A surprising and demanding addition to both Adorno studies, and human reflection on art and the approaching disaster. * J.M. Bernstein, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, The New School for Social Research, USA *\u003cbr\u003eTaking Adorno’s enduring interest in the enigmatic rhinoceros as its starting point, this volume gives us a multi-faceted exploration of crucial dialectics in Adorno’s thought, from the place of artworks in the dialectic of culture and nature to the distance between language and selfhood and the utopian promise in animals. * Shierry Weber Nicholsen, Psychoanalyst in private practice, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdorno’s Rhinoceros\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern day bestiary of a single and singular animal, whose presence in art and culture stands in stark contrast to its imminent absence from the natural world. At once a marvelous collection of essays, and  a collection of marvelous essays, each chapter has an intriguingly  tight focus on one motif in Adorno's philosophy, and one line of his \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e.  Yet the essays radiate into the diverse topics of 'dumb' animal nature, of the enigmatic nature of artworks and their muteness, and explore philosophical questions of selfhood, transcendence, metaphysics and secularization. * Gordon Finlayson, Professor of Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex, UK *\u003cbr\u003eCentring on the enigmatic image of the rhinoceros, this brilliant volume of essays by established and emerging scholars explores how Adorno's bestiary dialectically configures an anticipation of the as yet unrealized promise of culture as well as the memory trace of its catastrophic failure. * Samir Gandesha, Professor of Humanities and Director of the Institute for the Humanities, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e   1. Introduction: The enigma of the rhinoceros, \u003ci\u003eAntonia Hofstätter, (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Warwick, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e   2. In the name of the rhinoceros: expression beyond human intention, \u003ci\u003eCamilla Flodin (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUppsala University, Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e  3. The rhinoceros at the bottom of the sea: Adorno, Dürer and the silent eloquence of artworks, \u003ci\u003eAntonia Hofstätter (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Warwick, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e   4. Just one line: reading T. W. Adorno on humans, artworks and animals, \u003ci\u003eLydia Goehr (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eColumbia University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e  5. The mute animal, \u003ci\u003eAlexander García Düttmann (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversität der Künste, Berlin, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e  6. The speaking animal: on a metaphor of humanity, \u003ci\u003eSebastian Tränkle (Freie Universität, Germany\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e  7. The gaze of the rhinoceros and the ‘it’ of \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaniel Steuer (I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003endependent Scholar, Austria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e  8. The muted animal, \u003ci\u003eDaniel Herwitz (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Michigan, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  9. Epilogue: On the actuality of Adorno’s rhinoceros – extraction, extinction and dignity, \u003ci\u003eDaniel Steuer (I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003endependent Scholar, Austria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019633623383,"sku":"9781350177802","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350177802.jpg?v=1750780852","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adornos-rhinoceros-9781350177802","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}