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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
  • Date of change:2020-12-10
  • Version valid from:2021-01-10

Selection rules and procedures

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

Examination form

2101: Examination, 7.5 Credits
Grade scale: Fail (U), Pass (G), or Pass with distinction (VG)

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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