Jargon of Authenticity

188 Pages·1973·5.86 MB·English

by  Theodor Adorno

Jargon
THE
Authenticity
OF

THEODOR W. ADORNO
Jargon
THE

OF
TRANSLATEDB Y
KnutT arnowski
andF redeWriilcl
NORTHWESTERNU NIVERSITPYR ESS
Evanston 1973
@.I973)by
Copyright NorhtwesterUnn iversiPtrsyes
72-96701
Libraoryf C ongresCsat aloCgar dN umbe:r
vISBN 0-8101-0407-5
Printedin theU niteSdt aesto fA merica
All rightsr esevred
TheJ arogno fA uthentwiacsio trgyii anllpyu bslhied
inG ermna under tittlheeJ argdoenrE i gtelnich:k eit
Zurd eutschenI deolo©g Siueh.r kamVpe ralgF,r ank­
1964
futram Main,
KnutT arnoswkii san insrutcotri nc ompariavlteti er­a
ture thaetU niversoifMt ya saschustest.
FrederWiicl li sp rosfesoorf c omparatilviet aeturre
att heU niversoiftM yas scahuestt. s
CONTENTS
viiF orewobrydT ,r enStc hroyer
xix AuthoNro'tse
The JarogfAo unt henticity
3

FOREWORD
PHILOSOPHY WHICH ONCE
SEEMED OUTMODED IS NOW
ALIVE BECAUSE THE MOMENT
OF ITS REALIZATION HAS BEEN
MISSED.
TheodW.o Ard orno
Exitsenatlmii shas eebn de­
srcibbeydP auTli llaisc ho" avneo rn heu ndreyder a
olmdo vemoefrn eteb lnla iagoisntteh d euhmnaiaztion
ofm ani ni dnusrtials ocyi.1e" Bt uttih sr ebleilohna s
bene viewaesd eermggi bneacusteeh soultisop nro­
posedb yH egealn dM arxp rodvi eneffteivcfeoo rv er­
comgi ntfhaeco tfa leiniaot.nT2h usK iegraakredi,n
reejctgi Hnegeilm'msna einstmot R eason inh itsoyr
smipltyre idt or eosrtteh ierr edcuibiolfhi utmyan sub­
jetcitvyFi.o Kri erkethgeas auffredr ionftg h ien divid­
uali sn ojtu isfiteidna p anilsomogf h itsory.
TheJ argoofAn u thetniciisTtyh e odWo.rA dorno's
1. PaulT illi"cEhx,i stenPthiilaolshiyos,ptT" h eJ ournal of
theH istoorfIy d eaVs (,J na,.I 944,)4 4 70.
2.F .H .H einemaEnxins,t entiaalnidst mh eM odernP re­
dicame(nNte wY orkI,9 5)8,p .I 2.
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criiqtuoeft he idoefoG leoragymn e xtiesinatlsimA.s a
membeorft hFe rnakfursthc oloo fc rtciilat he,o3r y
Adorncort'iisqi usaeH egealni-aMrixsrte spotnots ehe
exitsetinailsrtee jcitoonfc rcilatr ieans.Ao lhtouhg this
anaylsifso cuuspenos t wetnietthu-rcGyee nranm ex­
isetntliisame,s pielacliytp sot s-WoWralrdI Id iffsuino,
thbeas iccno cerinsi tnsoi toonf s uebcjti.Tv hiattiy, s
Adonro'csr itiisiq tulsefa e na ttetmotpa rtn sceanndd
incdleiu nt her sppeievcoetf c riictraela ns tohter uth
of tehxsteie ntsitca olnircnef otrh feu dnamentlaness
ofh umna suebcjti.viI tnty hisse nAsdeo rsna on'alysis
parlalseth lato fJ aen-aPuSlra rtew,h oi nt ehi ntdruoc­
tiotnot hCer itioqfuD ei alecRteiacsaolan gr uetsah t,
corcrlteyu ndetrosdo,e xtiestnisaml iai mso menotf
diaclitec,ao lrc riicltar,ae so.n4
HoweevrA,d onro'isnt etng oebse yoan cdo utner­
critoifqe uxteine sitaliasndma siperst ob ea c riiqtuoef
thei dlegooyi nhnetrie ni ts Gefromramniu lo.an ts
Adoronn ootn lwya nttsos laveat ghneo tioonfs ub­
jeicvtiftorymt hied aelsiitct endeonfc yte exinstialism,
ac onrcnhe es harewsi tShra rte, hbeau ltsw oa nttos
shotwah tth itsh eohrays beacm oymsfietc iiaotnt hoef
acutaplr coessoefds om ianitno.I nt hiwsa yA door'ns
crtiiqiuswe i thtihnte ar ditoifco irnit clat ehorycr'is­
tiqoufie d eoyl.Toh gei tnetno fc rittihceaoilrst yor e-
3.T he Frankfsucrhto iosbl e sktn won by ilatesd inmge m
bersam,o ngw homa reM axH orkehimeWra,l etrB enjaimn,
HerbeMratr ucsea,n dJ iirgeHna berams.H owevetrh,se ea re
onlyt hbe eetrtk-nowmne mberosfa tardiiotonf c riictatlh eory
thahta s nsopwa nntewdo g enetriao.nA sn exceltli enntleelc
tualh itsoyro ft hihsi ghilmyp otranatn dl tilteu nderosotdc om­
muniyt ofr adcial schhoalsja urtssb eepnu lbsihebdy M artin
Jayu nder ttihteol feT heD ialteiccIalm agina(tBoistoonn ,
I973).
4.J ean PauSlar ter,S erachf ora Metho(dN ew Yo,r k
I96)3·
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conrsutcthte g eenriaotonf h itsorailfc orsm ofc on­
sicuosneisnos r dteodr e motnrsahtoewt ehym isrepre­
senatcu tals ocriealilao snta ndteh rejbuyis fthyi sit­or
caflo romfsd omianito.nI nt hwiasy d ilaecltr iecaason
isa catiluzebdyc rtiictaehlros istw hoi,n t hrer ifleective
crqiuteiosf t heb asiccta georioefhs i stori­cal con
sicuosenssse,e tkor enccoimleen a ndw omen ttoh e
actuyao lfti htehiitrso craiplo isbsisli.Sto ci oenvceedi,
criatlti ehcoyr isa thetocirlaem ometno ft eh "class
srtuglg.e"
Howe,vt ehret elFrara nkfsucrhto nooll no gera s­
smuedt ahtt ehc agtoersoi feM arxc'rsi uteoi fpq oiliclta
ecnoomyw eraede uqatfeo tr hecir tieq uolfa tine­
dusrtiaslo cyi (eLt.eb,o ht "cpailitsamsan"d "solc­ia
ism"s)I.t pwarcsei lsyte hfea iloufMr aer xh'ist socrlai
aegnto fc hangteh,pe r olieatttaob,r e coam cel saf-sor­
itstehlafsti t mulattehdFer a nkfsucroth loa'nsa lyses
oft hied e�oiglclra eiafitcisot nhabtl ochkuemdna lib­
eriaot.nT heicro nrcnef otrh egor wth folafs ceno ­
sicosuenssg enaetdreb yt h"ec uulriten dsrutya"n dt he
icnraeseidn teigornaa,nt dy eatt moiziao,tno fp ersons
int hien dsrutailo rdreers eudil tna sreiseo fc irtli ca
analsyeosf m assc uulrtea ndi dleooigclat raidoi,nt s
e.ga.ut,oh rtiaarnis ocfioamrls t,h lee gaocfty h Een ­
lignhmteet'nnso itoonfR easoent.,cI" n t haeb nsceoef
ad ecivseai gento fs oicaclha neg,a ndi nt ehm idsotf
whaMtar csuet ermae" dnoe -idmensailosn oicte,y"th e
baisct eiernsotft hFer anksfcuhrowtoa lts or etsorteh e
actualtiyo fc rtiilcr aaitoanl.iI tnyde,t ehdrer ifeulst ao
affirm "mcehanciaMla rxisomr"u topihapone sf or
5.S omeo ft hessuetd ieasr e now avianEi nlgalbhil,sse u ch
asM . HorkheiamnedrT heodWo.r A doron,D ialectEinc­ of
lighten(mNeewn Yto rk1,9 7;2 )Max HorkehimerCr,i tical
Theor(y NewY okr,1 972).
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