MAPP Contemporary Philosophy and Aesthetics 2015
Week 10 – Adorno’s “Negative Dialectics” I
Professor Johnny Golding @ Centre for Fine Art Research (CFAR)
International Centre for Contemporary Art Research
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Contemporary Philosophy & Aesthetics 2015 Week 11: Adorno's "Negative Dialectics" I
While I appreciate the effort to illustrate Adorno, this talk just takes too many simplicities as fact. It is not true that there is not enough ammunition to kill everybody. Clausewitz's quote refers also to the fact that annihilating the enemy is also self-defeating, for it would render the victor empty of meaning.
Also, the distinction between fascism and dictatorships is not precise: dictatorships may enjoy great public support, albeit not necessarily a majority. Venezuela is a case in point. Saddam Hussein as well.
Then came Foucault. Where does he say discipline makes you feel not intelligent?
I could go on and on…