{"product_id":"metaphysics-concept-and-problems-9780804742474","title":"Metaphysics: Concept and Problems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume makes available in English for the first time Adornos lectures on metaphysics. It provides a unique introduction not only to metaphysics but also to Adornos own intellectual standpoint  as developed in his major work Negative Dialectics. Metaphysics for Adorno is defined by a central tension between concepts and immediate facts. Adorno traces this dualism back to Aristotle  whom he sees as the founder of metaphysics. In Aristotle it appears as an unresolved tension between form and matter. This basic split  in Adornos interpretation  runs right through the history of metaphysics. Perhaps not surprisingly  Adorno finds this tension resolved in the Hegelian dialectic. Underlying this dualism is a further dichotomy  which Adorno sees as essential to metaphysics: while it dissolves belief in transcendental worlds by thought  at the same time it seeks to rescue belief in a reality beyond the empirical  again by thought. It is to this profound ambiguity  for Adorno  that the metaphysical tradition owes its greatness. The major part of these lectures  given by Adorno late in his life  is devoted to a critical exposition of Aristotles thought  focusing on its central ambiguities. In the last lectures  Adornos attention switches to the question of the relevance of metaphysics today  particularly after the Holocaust. He finds in metaphysical experiences  which transcend rational discourse without lapsing into irrationalism  a last precarious refuge of the humane truth to which his own thought always aspired. This volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in Adornos work and will be a valuable text for students and scholars of philosophy and social theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651871072309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0804742472","price":110.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780804742474.jpg?v=1781843192","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/metaphysics-concept-and-problems-9780804742474","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}