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Comparative Literature MA, Nature, Progress, Destruction. On Adorno's Concept of Nature, 7.5 credits

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Litteraturvetenskap AV, Natur, framsteg, undergång. Om Adornos naturbegrepp, 7,5 hp
Comparative Literature MA, Nature, Progress, Destruction. On Adorno's Concept of Nature, 7.5 credits

General data

  • Code:LI014A
  • Subject/Main field:Comparative Literature
  • Cycle:Second cycle
  • Credits:7,5
  • Progressive specialization:A1N - Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
  • Education area:Humaniora 100%
  • Answerable faculty:Faculty of Human Sciences
  • Answerable department:Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Approved:2019-12-20
  • Version valid from:2020-01-15

Selection rules and procedures

The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.

Grading system

Fail (U), Pass (G), or Pass with distinction (VG)

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Required literature

  • Author: Horkheimer, Max & Theodor W. Adorno
  • Title: "Begreppet upplysning", i Upplysningens dialektik: Filosofiska fragment, övers. Lars Bjurman & C-H Wijkmark
  • Edition: 1996
  • Publisher: Göteborg: Daidalos
  • Author: Hammer, Espen
  • Title: Adorno and the Political
  • Edition: 2005
  • Publisher: London & New York: Routledge
  • Comment: s. 141-143, 171-180. (Moodle)
  • Author: Flodin, Camilla
  • Title: Att uttrycka det undanträngda: Theodor W. Adorno om konst, natur och sanning
  • Edition: 2009
  • Publisher: Göteborg: Glänta produktion
  • Author: Cook, Deborah
  • Title: Adorno on Nature
  • Edition: 2011
  • Publisher: Durham: Acumen
  • Author: Bowie, Andrew
  • Title: Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy
  • Edition: 2013
  • Publisher: Cambridge: Polity Press
  • Comment: s. 75-95 (Moodle)
  • Author: Billing, Björn
  • Title: "Theodor W Adorno och hemlöshetens moral" i Glänta, nr 1-2 (2001). (Moodle)
  • Author: Adorno, Theodor W
  • Title: "The History of Nature (II)", föreläsning 7 januari 1965, i History and Freedom: Lectures 1964-1965, red. Rolf Tiedemann, övers. Rodney Livingstone
  • Edition: 2006
  • Publisher: Cambridge: Polity Press
  • Comment: s. 120-129 (Moodle)
  • Title: "Natural Beauty" i Aesthetic Theory, red. Gretel Adorno & Rofl Tiedermann, övers. Bob Hullot-Kentor
  • Edition: 1997
  • Publisher: London & New York: Continuum
  • Comment: s. 61-77 (Moodle)
  • Title: "The Idea of Natural History", övers. Bob Hullot-Kentor, i Telos, June 20, 1984
  • Comment: s,111-124 (Moodle)
  • Title: Minima moralia: Reflektioner ur det stympade livet, övers. Lars Bjurman
  • Edition: 1986
  • Publisher: Lund: Arkiv
  • Comment: s. 114 f, 126 f, 140 f, 246 ff, 278-282, 297-305. (Moodle)
  • Title: Negative Dialectics, övers. E.B. Ashton
  • Edition: 1973
  • Publisher: London: Routledge

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