num_pages: 328
description: Focusing on the notion of the subject in Sartre's and Adorno's philosophies, David Sherman argues that they offer complementary accounts of the subject that circumvent the excesses of its classical formation, yet are sturdy enough to support a concept of political agency, which is lacking in both poststructuralism and second-generation critical theory. Sherman uses Sartre's first-person, phenomenological standpoint and Adorno's third-person, critical theoretical standpoint, each of which implicitly incorporates and then builds toward the other, to represent the necessary poles of any emancipatory social analysis.
language: English
title: Sartre and Adorno: The Dialectics of Subjectivity
titlecomplete: Sartre and Adorno: The Dialectics of Subjectivity (SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 4
publisher: State University of New York Press