As part of the CCGES Graduate Student Conference, “Re-Thinking the Frankfurt School”, a book launch will be held for Adorno and the Need in Thinking: New Critical Essays on Thursday, September 27 in Stong College, Room 201 at 5:15 p.m.

It is appropriate that this publication be launched in the context of the CCGES Graduate Student Conference as this volume has been edited by five students participating in the Centre’s Graduate Diploma Program:

Donald A. Burke, PhD candidate in York’s Social and Political Thought Program

Colin J. Campbell, PhD candidate in York’s Social and Political Thought Program

Kathy Kiloh, PhD candidate in York’s Social and Political Thought Program

Michael K. Palamarek, PhD candidate in York’s Social and Political Thought Program and a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Brock University

Jonathan Short, PhD candidate in York’s Social and Political Thought Program

This collection of essays, though dealing with different topics from section to section, is unified by the idea that, at least in the English-speaking world, there are numerous facets of Theodor Adorno’s work that have been hitherto neglected in terms of critical scholarship. Adorno and the Need in Thinking addresses these forgotten nuances, whether they apply to questions of politics, language, metaphysics, aesthetics, ecology, or several of these at once. Also included for the first time in English is Adorno’s important early essay, “Theses on the Language of the Philosopher.”

At a time when Adorno scholarship is on the rise, this collection sheds light on new areas of critical research, adding another dimension to the existing literature on this most important intellectual.

Time: 5:15 p.m.
Location: Room 201, Stong College