{"product_id":"critical-models-interventions-and-catchwords-9780231135054","title":"Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritical Models\u003c\/i\u003e combines into a single volume two of Adorno's most important postwar works -- \u003ci\u003eInterventions: Nine Critical Models\u003c\/i\u003e (1963) and \u003ci\u003eCatchwords: Critical Models II\u003c\/i\u003e (1969). Written after his return to Germany in 1949, the articles, essays, and radio talks included in this volume speak to the pressing political, cultural, and philosophical concerns of the postwar era. The pieces in \u003ci\u003eCritical Models\u003c\/i\u003e reflect the intellectually provocative as well as the practical Adorno as he addresses such issues as the dangers of ideological conformity, the fragility of democracy, educational reform, the influence of television and radio, and the aftermath of fascism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition includes an introduction by Lydia Goehr, a renowned scholar in philosophy, aesthetic theory, and musicology. Goehr illuminates Adorno's ideas as well as the intellectual, historical, and critical contexts that shaped his postwar thinking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. He is the author of such seminal works as \u003ci\u003eMinima Moralia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of New Music\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Max Horkheimer, \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectic of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLydia Goehr is professor of philosophy and aesthetic theory at Columbia University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318556365074,"sku":"9780231135054","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35904cc3-b661-45c1-bd28-c108b1b8c5b8.jpg?v=1727557484","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/critical-models-interventions-and-catchwords-9780231135054","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}