Abstract A closer examination of Adorno’s exile in the US, and particularly in Los Angeles in the 1940s, defies the popular view of him as a cantankerous anti-American Eurocentric snob. Rather, his writings and personal letters show how Adorno saw his time in California, the hothouse of the West’s most advanced culture industry, as an opportunity to scrutinize the modern condition. For Adorno, however, this did not have to be a bleak business. Instead, rigorous critique the way Adorno understood it did not mean to put the joys of life on hold and sideline the project of liberation but, on the contrary, to advance it by asserting its emancipatory promise that only pleasure can sustain.

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栅栏上的阿多诺

摘要 对阿多诺在美国的流放，尤其是 1940 年代在洛杉矶的流亡进行更仔细的考察，与普遍认为他是一个脾气暴躁的反美以欧洲为中心的势利小人的观点相悖。相反，他的著作和私人信件表明阿多诺如何将他在加利福尼亚州（西方最先进文化产业的温室）的时间视为审视现代状况的机会。然而，对于阿多诺来说，这并不一定是一项黯淡的业务。相反，严格批判阿多诺所理解的方式并不意味着搁置生活的乐趣并将解放计划搁置一旁，相反，相反，通过宣称只有快乐才能维持的解放承诺来推进它。