Adorno denied that sacrifice offers any genuine transcendence for victim or myth

Evidence

Adorno thus denied that either the victim or the myth had any genuine transcendence. Rituals carried out in a finite world confirmed to the victim that finite existence was full of sacrifices, instead of questioning and condemning such a world and demanding one that was free of sacrifices. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1383

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: The Frankfurt position that sacrificial ritual affirms rather than questions a world of sacrifices is a useful theoretical counterpoint for the sacrifice essay, which leans on sacrifice as grief/love and social stabilizer.
• XREF: connects to: Adorno defined myth as base reality, not obsolete explanation — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 773

Broader Connections

• Adorno defined myth as base reality, not obsolete explanation #corroborates (0.75) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 773