Only undiminished insight can change an obstructed situation.

Evidence

It is rather the task of thought to analyse the reasons behind this situation and to draw the consequences from these reasons. It is the responsibility of thought not to accept the situation as finite. If there is any chance of changing the situation, it is only through undiminished insight. The leap into praxis will not cure thought from resignation as long as it is paid for with the secret knowledge that this course is simply not the right one. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 270

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• DEEPTHINKING: The core of Adorno’s defense of theory’s task in crisis — dense, paradigmatic, resists summary; central to running his analysis at all.

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