Advancing bourgeois society liquidates memory, time, recollection as irrational leftovers of the past.

Theodor Adorno

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Topic

Life under capitalism Capitalism

Author

Theodor Adorno

Source

The Meaning of Working Through the Past

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Adorno, Theodor. Was bedeutet Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit [The Meaning of Working Through the Past]. 1959.

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Beauty can pierce one like a pain.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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