The stars down to earth : and other essays on the irrational in culture /

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The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angles provided by each of these three essays to showcase the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption. He engages with some of his most endurin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adorno, Theodor W.
Other Authors: Crook, Stephen
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
Subjects:
Astrology.
Authoritarianism.
Culture.
Occultism.
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