Adorno prioritized critique of dead-end economic theory over new economic research
Evidence
I believe that national economy has reached a stage at which there are enough theory-constructions which lead nowhere. Now, the examination of the validity of these theoretical constructions is more necessary than research! That is my conviction. For one hundred years, all positions have been taken up only to be claimed again and again in new variations. Now is the time for the results of the great experiments of the last fifty years to be examined. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 505
Categorization
- XREF: This privileging of critique over positive research anticipates the later ‘pessimistic cul-de-sac’ reading of Adorno — useful counter-evidence that Adorno saw critique itself as the productive task. — connects to: Influential readings wrongly claim Adorno ignored political economy — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 35; Adorno’s critique targets economy-in-general as universal rationality, not just capitalism — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1605; Adorno’s identification of exchange with identity logic is meta-economic, not capitalist — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1298 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Adorno’s critique targets economy-in-general as universal rationality, not just capitalism
#qualifies(0.82) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1605 - Adorno’s identification of exchange with identity logic is meta-economic, not capitalist
#corroborates(0.78) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1298 - Adorno’s Minima Moralia measures economic rationality against suppressed subjective potential.
#corroborates(0.75) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 929