/lit/ - Literature

>>4776734


The Son Also Rises
A Farewell to Alms
The Evolution of Civilizations
Tragedy & Hope
Understanding Human History
Separation and Its Discontents
Culture of Critique
All the Devils Are Here
Money (The Art of Living)
Lords of Finance
The Story of Money for Understanding Economics
The Truth in Money Book
Soft Currency Economics II
Dead Aid
War is a Racket
The Unintended Reformation
Theological Origins of Modernity
Propaganda: The Formation of Mens Attitudes
Society Of The Spectacle
The Black Swan

>>4683194


the methods they pioneered have had wide influence, even if unacknowledged. naturally, the degree of success they (or anyone) find in their projects is the degree to which they divorce from axiomatic left-wing purity (and in later days, dissimulate this fact from their readers).

you can see this dynamic in the very first line of DoE, implying what is essentially a universal phenomena as a mere contingency ('pre-capitalism' then morphs into capitalism-in-being, and the euphemistic tredmill will inevitably roll on in the future) to be overcome. this is the lingering leftist conviction of adorno, an article of faith. it is also why when faced with the intractability of the axiomatic framework, the conviction becomes very hegelian, 'so much the worse for facts', when adherence to the faith ultimately demands a revolt against being itself, nihilism, pessimism, is the inevitable result.

>>4683317


the best part is, the revolution has infact already happened, the shapers of society today are by large majority true believers in essentially revolutionary leftwing axioms (while the rest profess the faith and make sure everyone else does in turn, for fear that they themselves will be called to question). thats the punch line of their railings, the failures of society are their failures.