Diabolus in dialectica. Issue 2 (16th January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rush, Fred
• Editors: Giladi, Paul; O'Connor, Brian
• Is Part Of: Hegel bulletin. Volume 38:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 221
• Page End: 240
• Publication Date: 2017-01-16
• Subjects: Philosophy, German -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 193
• DOI: 10.1017/hgl.2016.71
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-5367

Abstract

Abstract: Adorno's Drei Studien zu Hegel ( Hegel: Three Studies, 1963) offers his most focused treatment of what he took to be the core principles of Hegelian dialectic. Moreover, the book professes the central importance of Hegel for Adorno's own development. As such, it is a pivotal document that simultaneously looks back towards Adorno's most sustained personal work, Minima Moralia (1951), and ahead to what he took to be his most important systematic work, Negative Dialectics (1966). Adorno's interpretation of Hegel is critical and unique in both its tone and substance. Although there are many cross-cutting lines of argumentation, the one that stands out is Adorno's understanding of determinate negation in Hegel and his own suggestion for improving that concept. This paper reconstructs Adorno's main arguments in this domain, assesses them as interpretations of Hegel and investigates their importance for Adorno's emerging conception of 'negative dialectics'.