Partial, deformed truths within society remain genuine truths for Adorno.

Evidence

Society’s element of truth is thoroughly particular, and therefore deformed, but this does not mean it is any less true. … This led the representatives of Critical Theory to reflect on how to move beyond the concept of dialectically mediated totality, that is, the notion that superstructure is always simply an expression. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 814

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies Adorno’s refusal to write off society’s truths as merely ideological — a key move countering the pessimist reading.
• XREF: connects to: Adorno held that dialectics must discern the new within the old. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 265; A lying critique of exchange can still speak for truth — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 39; Adorno insisted that provisional claims coexist with an emphatic commitment to truth. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 68

Broader Connections

• A lying critique of exchange can still speak for truth #corroborates (0.80) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 39