Jargon of Authenticity

Jargon of Authenticity

Theodor W. Adorno

Language: English

Pages: 188

ISBN: 0710077424

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Adorno's devastating attack on existentialism.

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adds, in order to forestall criticism at all costs : "where it shows itself, it for a lon g time re3 6 . Heidegger, Aus der Erfahrung, p. I S . 3 7 . Ibid. , p . 1 2 . 3 8 . Ibid. , p. 22. 3 9. Ibid . , p . 2 7 · 40. Ibid . , p . 1 9 . 4 1 . Ibid. , p . 23 . sembles the utopia of a half-poetic intellect." 42 Still the half-poetic intellect which babbles forth thos e pieces o f wisdom bears less resemblance t o thi s , o r t o any o ther unsuccessful utopia, th an t o t h e work of some trusty

know as concernful absorpti o n in the world we encounter as closest to us. 5 5 He does not think of the connection between the lar ge urban cen ter, of high c a pi t ali sm an d th a t d isp er s i on which was n ote d by Georg S i m mel and already felt by 5 5 . Heidegger, B eing and Time, p . 1 67 . 7 1 B audelair e . Whatever rem ains solely by itself, as one's au thentic existence , becomes no less impoverished th an that which dissolves into situation s . Both He gel and Goethe

know as concernful absorpti o n in the world we encounter as closest to us. 5 5 He does not think of the connection between the lar ge urban cen ter, of high c a pi t ali sm an d th a t d isp er s i on which was n ote d by Georg S i m mel and already felt by 5 5 . Heidegger, B eing and Time, p . 1 67 . 7 1 B audelair e . Whatever rem ains solely by itself, as one's au thentic existence , becomes no less impoverished th an that which dissolves into situation s . Both He gel and Goethe

first of all makes such a Being­ towards-the-end possible . The problem of the possible Being-a-whole of that entity which each of us is, is a correct one if care , as Dasein's basic state , is "con­ nected" with de a th the u ttennost possibility for that - en ti ty ." 135 I 3 3 . Cf. above pp. I 42 if. I 34. Heidegger, B eing and Time, p . 3 03 . I 3 5. Ibid. 1 47 Ontologically, existence becomes a totality by means of death, which disrupts Dasein ontically. Death, how­ ever, is authentic

blows up this negative element into that which is substantial . This , then, is the content from which was taken the s tenciled model for the formal procedure of the j argon . Involuntarily, Heidegger's doctrine becomes an exe ge­ sis of the futile j oke : Only death is free and th at costs your life . He is smitten with de ath as th at which i s supposed t o b e absolutely removed from the univers al exch ange rel ationship . Yet he does not realize th at h e rem ains cau gh t up i n the s ame

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