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Theodor W. Adorno

Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) was an American philosopher, composer and musicologist.

Also recorded as Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno; Theodor Wiesengrund-Adorno; Theodor Wiesengrund; Teodor V. Adorno; Theodore W. Adorno; Theodor Adorno.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund.

Born at Frankfurt in 1903, died at Visp in 1969.

In detail

Theodor W. Adorno studied at Merton College and Goethe University Frankfurt. Jürgen Habermas is recorded as having studied under Theodor W. Adorno. the recorded working language is English, German and French.

The field of work recorded is philosophy, sociology and musicology. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. The authority associates the name with Frankfurt School, 20th-century classical music and continental philosophy. Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel are recorded as an influence.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Frankfurt, Vienna and Oxford. Employment is recorded with Goethe University Frankfurt. Membership is recorded of Second Viennese School.

Works named in the authority record are Gesammelte Schriften, Negative Dialectics, Aesthetic Theory, Dialectic of Enlightenment, Philosophie und Musik and Minima Moralia.

Distinctions recorded are Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Theodor W. Adorno”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q152388: Theodor W. Adorno

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