Adorno aimed to make subjects receptive to the rationality of objects

Evidence

Adorno’s approach in philosophy was similar to that of his writings on sociology, music and literature. He was concerned to produce a philosophy that would increase the rationality of the perceiving subject and make the subject sensitive to the structure of objectsa philosophy for which to increase rationality meant to be receptive to the rationality of objects. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2260

Categorization

• DEFINE: Capsulizes Adorno’s program of rationality as receptivity to the object’s own structure.
• XREF: connects to: Kant rescued objectivity by passing it through subjectivity according to Adorno. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2272; Adorno’s models test whether concept can reach the nonconceptual — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2551