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Call for Papers: Adorno & Poetry

06 Monday Feb 2023

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Carolina-Duke Program in German Studies;, George Kovalenko, German Studies Association, Lukas Hoffman, On Lyric Poetry and Society, Theodor W. Adorno

Henry Pickford (Duke) has forwarded the following call for papers, which I am happy to post here:

Conference: Adorno & Poetry

Organizers: Lukas Hoffman, Carolina-Duke Program in German Studies; George Kovalenko, University of Denver

We invite submissions for a proposed panel on Adorno and Poetry at the 2023 German Studies Association conference, to be held in Montreal, October 5-8. In the wake of many contemporary theorists (such as Jacques Rancière, Alan Badiou, Giorgio Agamben, or Judith Butler) pointing to poetic form as a place of political praxis—of community formation—this panel seeks to explore the lyric theory of Theodor W. Adorno, whose 1951 “On Lyric Poetry and Society” sparked an international conversation about the potential political character of poetic production. 

Paper topics may include Adorno’s own theory of the lyric, Adornian inflections or interventions in a range of lyric projects, critiques or explications of Adorno’s poetics, Adorno’s posthumous Aesthetic Theory and the lyric, transnational and transhistorical complications to the Adornian lyric, Adorno and the contemporary lyric, and poetry after Auschwitz. Interested parties should send an abstract in English or German of no more than 500 words along with a brief bio to george.kovalenko@du.edu by February 15th. Submissions in German are especially welcome.

Conference on Minima Moralia, Nov. 11-13

07 Sunday Nov 2021

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Yasmin Afshar has written to let us know about an upcoming conference to mark the 70th anniversary of the publication of Minima Moralia. The conference will be held over three days (Nov. 11-13, 2021) in three languages (French, German, English) at the Centre Marc Bloch of the HU Berlin.

Here’s the link for the complete program.

Here’s the flyer.

Here’s an overview:

“Wer sagt, er sei glücklich, lügt” Kritische Theorie in Bruchstücken: 70 Jahre Minima Moralia

11. November | 09:00

Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin 11.-13.11. 2021

Organisation: Susanna Zellini, Pierre Buhlmann, Philipp Nolz, Tobias Nikolaus Klass

Verpflichtende Anmeldung / inscription obligatoire / obligatory registration:
https://forms.gle/jDcvLfKznZHzh4789

Einleitung
Die Minima Moralia ist sicherlich eines der wichtigsten Werke der Kritischen Theorie und gleichzeitig die literarisch anspruchsvollste Schrift Theodor W. Adornos. In dieser Doppelgestalt mag der Grund zu finden sein, dass die Singularität und Eigenständigkeit der Minima Moralia in der Forschung bis heute weitgehend unbeachtet geblieben ist. Wir nehmen daher den 70. Jahrestag der Veröffentlichung der Minima Moralia (1951-2021) zum Anlass, um uns im Rahmen einer  Tagung von 11. bis 13. November am Centre Marc Bloch Berlin (Kooperationspartner der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal) diesem Buch zu widmen. Dabei wollen wir über die traditionellen interpretativen und methodologischen Unterscheidungen hinausgehen, und im Dialog zwischen Philosophie und Literaturwissenschaften eine gemeinsame und eigenständige  Lektüre des Werks vorschlagen.

Allgemeine Beschreibung
Es war vielleicht bisher noch zu früh, um die Wirkung und Tragweite der Minima Moralia zu bewerten. Dennoch lässt sich ein Sachverhalt deutlich herausheben: die Philosophie hat vor der Minima Moralia versagt. Da die Minima Moralia als „zu literarisch“ und zu „persönlich“ angesehen wurde, um Gegenstand einer ernsthaften philosophischen Analyse zu sein, ist sie bis heute Grundlage weniger Studien, von denen keine eine umfassende und historisch fundierte Lektüre des Werkes vorschlägt, die dem genuin philosophischen Gehalt der Schrift Rechnung trüge. Das hat die besonders verbreitete Gewohnheit begünstigt, das Werk lediglich als ein Arsenal beliebig verfügbarer Aphorismen zu betrachten, um die Interpretation anderer ,philosophischerer‘ Texte oder anderer Reflexionsbereiche in Adornos Werk zu untermauern. Breiter und trotzdem ebenso problematisch war die Rezeption in der Literaturwissenschaft: Da sie die Minima Moralia gewöhnlich in die deutsche aphoristische Tradition (von Lichtenberg über Nietzsche bis Benjamin) stellt, richtet sie die Analyse vor allem nach einer eher stilistisch-formalen als inhaltlichen Forschung, mit dem Risiko, den historischen Kontext und das theoretische Projekt, innerhalb dessen das Werk entstand, aus den Augen zu verlieren.
Es geht uns darum, die verschiedenen Disziplinen zusammenwirken zu lassen, um eine Interpretation vorzuschlagen, die die Singularität des Werks in ihr Zentrum rückt, seine Genese, die Verflechtung der Quellen und Projekte, in denen es Gestalt annimmt (Dialektik der Aufklärung, Philosophie der neuen Musik…), sowie die begriffliche Entwicklung seiner Terminologie berücksichtigt. Dadurch aber erweist sich die Minima Moralia als „ideales Laboratorium“ der Philosophie Adornos der 1940er Jahre: indem es die Ideen und Projekte auf originelle Weise assimiliert und transformiert, die im Umfeld der Epoche zirkulieren, verwirklicht es auf möglichst vollständige Weise die Verbindungen und Korrespondenzen zwischen Ästhetik, Ethik, Erkenntnis, Psychologie und Sozialkritik, die den hybriden Charakter des philosophischen Projekts Adornos bestimmen. Wie lassen sich aber die Texte der Minima Moralia ineinander und zueinander verstehen? Wie erlauben sie es, der philosophischen Gehalte gewahr zu werden, die in Form und Stil zum Ausdruck kommen? Ist es trotz der Gebrochenheit der Bausteine möglich, eine kritische Theorie in ihnen zu erkennen? Welche Begriffe der Theorie lassen sich aus ihnen noch gewinnen?

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Yasmin Afshar
yasmin.afshar  ( at )  cmb.hu-berlin.de

New Book: Negative Dialectics and Event

28 Thursday Oct 2021

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Alain Badiou, Brian O'Connor, Event, Negative Dialectics, Theodor W. Adorno, Vangelis Giannakakis

Vangelis Giannakakis wrote to us about his new book, which might be of interest to our readers. His book is entitled Negative Dialectics and Event: Non-Identity, Event and the Historical Adequacy of Consciousness. It is published at Lexington Books with a foreword by Brian O’Connor.

Here’s the editor’s blurb:

“History is replete with false and unfulfilled promises, as well as singular acts of courage, resilience, and ingenuity. These episodes have led to significant changes in the way people think and act in the world or have set the stage for such transformations in the form of rational expectations in theory and the hopeful anticipations of dialectical imagination.

Negative Dialectics and Event: Nonidentity, Culture, and the Historical Adequacy of Consciousness revisits some of Theodor W. Adorno’s most influential writings and theoretical interventions to argue not only that his philosophy is uniquely suited to bring such events into sharp relief and reflect on their entailments but also that an effective historical consciousness today would be a consciousness awake to the events that interpellate and shape it into existence.

More broadly, Vangelis Giannakakis presents a compelling argument in support of the view that the critical theory developed by the first generation of the Frankfurt School still has much to offer in terms of both cultivating insights into contemporary human experience and building resistance against states of affairs that impede human flourishing and happiness.”

The book can be purchased on the publisher’s site – discount code for a 30% off: LEX30AUTH21 (valid until 12/31/2021).

New Book: Adorno, Politics, and the Aesthetic Animal

13 Monday Sep 2021

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Caleb J. Basnett has published a new book: Adorno, Politics, and the Aesthetic Animal with the University of Toronto Press.

Here is the blurb from the publisher’s website:

Built upon the principle that divides and elevates humans above other animals, humanism is the cornerstone of a worldview that sanctifies inequality and threatens all animal life. Adorno, Politics, and the Aesthetic Animal analyses this state of affairs and suggests an alternative – a way for humanity to make itself into a new kind of animal.

Theodor W. Adorno has been accused of leading critical theory into a blind alley, divorced from practical social and political concerns. In Adorno, Politics, and the Aesthetic Animal, Caleb J. Basnett argues that by placing the problem of the human/animal distinction at the centre of Adorno’s thought, we discover a new Adorno, one whose critique of domination is in dialogue with classic concerns of political thought forged by Aristotle, including questions of humanist political education and the role of art.

Through a close reading of primary sources, Basnett identifies the principal conceptual structure entwined with the understanding of human life as antagonistic to other animals, and outlines how forms of aesthetic experience disrupt this problematic concept in favour of a reconceptualization of what we call human. His analysis displaces the centrality of the human and attempts to open up a space for its transformation, both in terms of how humans relate to each other and in how humans relate to other animals.

More information can be found here:

https://utorontopress.com/9781487541446/adorno-politics-and-the-aesthetic-animal/

Martin Jay in conversation…

13 Thursday Aug 2020

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Book Event, Frankfurt School, Martin Jay, Paul Breines, Rob Kaufman, Theodor W. Adorno

Martin Jay will be in conversation with Paul Breines, with opening remarks by Rob Kaufman. The event will occur on Zoom, August 25, 2020 @ 6PM PT / 9PM EST. You can find more details here.

The event is presented by City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in conjunction with University of California at Berkeley Program in Critical Theory and Verso Books.

Martin Jay, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History Emeritus, and former Co-Director of The Program in Critical Theory, UC Berkeley, and Paul Breines, Professor of History Emeritus, Boston College

Tuesday, August 25, 6 pm PST/9 pm EST
Please note: the link for the free Zoom registration needed in order to attend this event will be forthcoming at City Lights’ URL: http://www.citylights.com/info/?fa=event&event_id=3678

Discussing Martin Jay’s just-released essay collection, Splinters in Your Eye: Frankfurt School Provocations (Verso Books, 2020).

Next Meeting @ University of Sussex, 1-2 May

03 Thursday Oct 2019

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We are pleased to announce that the 9th annual meeting of the Association for Adorno Studies will be hosted by Gordon Finlayson and the University of Sussex. The meeting will be held May 1 and 2, 2020.

More details will be posted shortly.

Previous meetings were held at:

April 26-27, 2019 – University of São Paulo

May 4-5, 2018 – American University in Cairo

March 24-25, 2017 – Duke University

April 29-30, 2016 – Université de Montréal

October 9-10, 2015 – The New School

March 7-8, 2014 – University College Dublin

March 22-23, 2013 – Temple University

March 2-3, 2012 – Johns Hopkins University

8th Annual Meeting Schedule @ University of São Paulo

24 Sunday Mar 2019

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Next Meeting @ University of São Paulo, 26-27 April

07 Wednesday Nov 2018

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We are pleased to announce that the 8th annual meeting of the Association for Adorno Studies will be hosted by Vladimir Safatle and the University of Sâo Paulo. The meeting will be held April 26 and 27, 2019.

More details will be posted here later this fall.

Previous meetings were held at:

May 4-5, 2018 – American University in Cairo

March 24-25, 2017 – Duke University

April 29-30, 2016 – Université de Montréal

October 9-10, 2015 – The New School

March 7-8, 2014 – University College Dublin

March 22-23, 2013 – Temple University

March 2-3, 2012 – Johns Hopkins University

Recap of the 7th Annual Meeting

24 Thursday May 2018

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American University in Cairo, Annual Meeting, Association for Adorno Studies, Kathy Kiloh, Mae Saafan, Martin Shuster, Pierre-François Noppen, Recap, Reham Mohammed El Morally, Robert Switzer, Roger Foster, Surti Singh, Tahrir Square Campus, Theodor W. Adorno, William Ross

Earlier this month (May 4-5, 2018), members of the Association for Adorno Studies gathered at the American University in Cairo for our 7th annual meeting. As summer was taking a early start in Egypt – with temperatures surging to 40°C/104°F! – the meeting was held in the sumptuous (and cool) Oriental Hall of the Tahrir Square Campus.

Surti Singh (our host), Robert Switzer (Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at AUC) and Pierre-François Noppen (our outgoing President) opened the meeting with remarks. (Our outgoing Vice-President, Roger Foster, couldn’t attend the meeting this year.) Speakers from Canada, the US, Norway, France, Brasil and Egypt were invited to present their latest work on Adorno. The sharp, insightful and thought-provoking papers fueled open and very stimulating discussions throughout the meeting. Continue reading →

New Book: Estelle Ferrarese, Adorno and Care

03 Tuesday Apr 2018

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Care, Critical Theory, Estelle Ferrarese, Feminism, Theodor W. Adorno

Estelle Ferrarese wrote to let us know that her new book is coming out in France, which might be of interest to the readers of this blog. Estelle’s book proposes a renewal of Critical Theory through feminism. The book examines Adorno’s social philosophy and mobilizes insights drawn from the ethics of care to articulate the question of the social fragility of our concern for others. The book expands on some of the insights she presented at our last meeting at Duke (2017).

The full title is:

La fragilité du souci des autres: Adorno et le care

(The Fragility of Concern for Others: Adorno and Care)

 

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