TY - JOUR
T1 - Mere Life, Damaged Life and Ephemeral Life. Adorno and the concept of life.
AU - Morgan, A
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper analyses three concepts of life in Adorno's philosophy and considers the relationship between these concepts and the idea of a speculative materialism. The paper is concerned with Adorno's late concept of metaphysical experience and articulates a response to two key problems for the interpretation of this concept. First, given Adorno's emphasis on a purely negative philosophy, how does transcendence arise? Second, how can we give an experiential content to this idea of transcendence? A response to these two questions is configured through an analysis of three concepts of life; mere life, damaged life and ephemeral life.
AB - This paper analyses three concepts of life in Adorno's philosophy and considers the relationship between these concepts and the idea of a speculative materialism. The paper is concerned with Adorno's late concept of metaphysical experience and articulates a response to two key problems for the interpretation of this concept. First, given Adorno's emphasis on a purely negative philosophy, how does transcendence arise? Second, how can we give an experiential content to this idea of transcendence? A response to these two questions is configured through an analysis of three concepts of life; mere life, damaged life and ephemeral life.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84903204987
U2 - DOI:10.1080/0969725X.2014.920634
DO - DOI:10.1080/0969725X.2014.920634
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 113
EP - 127
JO - Angelaki
JF - Angelaki
IS - 1
ER -