{"product_id":"9780226828572-precarious-happiness","title":"A Precarious Happiness","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdorno and the Sources of Normativity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA strikingly original account of Theodor Adorno’s work as a critique animated by happiness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gordon’s confidently gripping and persistently subtle interpretation brings a new tone to the debate about Adorno’s negativism.\"—Jürgen Habermas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTheodor Adorno is often portrayed as a totalizing negativist, a scowling contrarian who looked upon modern society with despair. Peter E. Gordon thinks we have this wrong: if Adorno is uncompromising in his critique, it is because he sees in modernity an unfulfilled possibility of human flourishing. In a damaged world, Gordon argues, all happiness is likewise damaged but not wholly absent. Through a comprehensive rereading of Adorno’s work, \u003ci\u003eA Precarious Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e recovers Adorno’s commitment to traces of happiness—fragments of the good amid the bad. Ultimately, Gordon argues that social criticism, while exposing falsehoods, must also cast a vision for an unrealized better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41531767095393,"sku":"9780226828572","price":34.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28165862.jpg?v=1722372296","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780226828572-precarious-happiness","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}