Adorno's Insights in the Light of Exakte Phantasie

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Adorno's Insights in the Light of Exakte Phantasie

Original language description

This article aims to provide an elaboration of Theodor Adorno&apos;s notion of exact fantasy and its function within his idea of genuine philosophical thought. It is divided into two main parts. In the first one, I explore the features of the notion of fantasy through a comparison of its understanding in Walter Benjamin&apos;s and Adorno&apos;s bodies of work. I further explicate what features Adorno takes over from Benjamin and where the authors&apos; ideas diverge. I present the role of fantasy in Adorno&apos;s thought as a non-transparent and emotional element of thinking that is responsible for the active arrangement of elements into constellations, which his individual essays are the embodiment of. In the second part, I follow Adorno&apos;s criticism of the situation of late capitalist society in the light of the feature of lack of fantasy that is according to him caused by the influence of modern mass culture. I put this feature in connection to his examination of the phenomenon of boredom, depicting fantasy as an intellectual faculty which enhances intellectual freedom and resists the &quot;neurotic feelings&quot; inherent in boredom. In the conclusion, I try to defend the possibility of the validity of Adorno&apos;s insights despite their unconcealed intellectual elitism.

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Berlin journal of critical theory

ISSN

2567-4048

e-ISSN

2567-4056

Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

65-78

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