The son of an opera singer, T.W. Adorno (1903-69) was a sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist. In 1924, he received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Frankfurt and went on to become a renowned essayist. In addition to training as a concert pianist, he was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory and is considered to be one of the foremost thinkers on aesthetics and philosophy of the twentieth century.
Kenyon Review Classics
Summer 1996
Theses upon Art and Religion Today
From the Autumn 1945 issue. I. The lost unity between art and religion, be it regarded as wholesome or as hampering, cannot be regained at will. This unity was not […]
Kenyon Review Classics
Summer 1996
A Social Critique of Radio Music
From the Spring 1945 issue. Some would approach the problem of radio by formulating questions of this type: If we confront such and such a sector of the population with […]
Book Reviews
Winter 1947
Wagner, Nietzsche and Hitler
Life Of Richard Wagner, Vol. IV by Ernest Newman. Knopf. $7.50 The publication of Ernest Newman’s large biography of Richard Wagner now comes to a close with this Volume IV. […]
Speculation
Autumn 1945
Theses upon Art and Religion Today
I. The lost unity between art and religion, be it regarded as wholesome or as hampering, cannot be regained at will. This unity was not a matter of purposeful cooperation, […]
Nonfiction
Spring 1945
A Social Critique of Radio Music
Some would approach the problem of radio by formulating questions of this type: If we confront such and such a sector of the population with such and such a type […]
Weekend Reads
A Social Critique of Radio Music
From The Kenyon Review, Spring 1945, Vol. VII, No. 2 Some would approach the problem of radio by formulating questions of this type: If we confront such and such a […]