tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454365152806528236.post4830576841988657756..comments2023-03-22T19:14:05.988-04:00Comments on notes for the coming community: The KissDavid Kishikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09287802372745246084noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454365152806528236.post-34469510163670398222008-09-19T12:19:00.000-04:002008-09-19T12:19:00.000-04:00hi, I think that there are some really interesting...hi, I think that there are some really interesting ideas here but one thing bothers me and has done so for awhile now. <BR/><BR/>"In Adorno, we face the demand for a sort of a metaphysical totality that renders any concrete moment as a means for an end (namely, of fulfilling this totality), or the demand for a mythical superstructure that hovers above our material structure"<BR/><BR/>I think that we should remember that Adorno's criticism amounted to questioning Benjamin's position within the Frankfurt school (something which I doubt anyone would really raise an eyebrow to anymore). <BR/><BR/>We should also remember that Adorno distanced himself drastically from this conception of historical materialism. The priority of the subject, negative dialectics, Adorno's subject/object relations all paint a very different picture from the one which the quoted line paints. <BR/><BR/>Yes Adorno did believe in universal history but as something which 'progresses' through the negative moment of experience. In the end I think that he is a lot closer to Agamben on this than you believe.Tychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331130844317122770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454365152806528236.post-53472289681994887102008-08-09T10:51:00.000-04:002008-08-09T10:51:00.000-04:00Beautiful post.thank you.rob c.www.pd.orgBeautiful post.<BR/>thank you.<BR/>rob c.<BR/>www.pd.orgrobert c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17134757086405733384noreply@blogger.com