Lambert Zuidervaart examines what is living and what is dead in the socialphilosophy of Theodor W. Adorno the most important philosopher and socialcritic in Ger... » 

Lambert Zuidervaart examines what is living and what is dead in the socialphilosophy of Theodor W. Adorno the most important philosopher and socialcritic in Germany after World War II. When he died in 1969 Adornos successorsabandoned his criticalutopian passions. Habermas in particular rejected orignored Adornos central insights on the negative effects of capitalism and newtechnologies upon nature and human life. Zuidervaart reclaims Adornos insightsfrom Habermasian neglect while taking up legitimate Habermasian criticisms. Healso addresses the prospects for radical and democratic transformations of anincreasingly globalized world. The book proposes a provocative socialphilosophy after Adorno. «