Metaphysics

This volume makes available in English for the first time Adorno''s lectures on metaphysics. It provides a unique introduction not only to metaphysics but also to Adorno''s own intellectual standpoint, as developed in his major work Negative Dialectics.

Metaphysics for Adorno is defined by a central tension between concepts and immediate facts. Adorno traces this dualism back to Aristotle, whom he...