Abstract
In this interview, Professor Samuel Weber vividly reviews his personal study experience with Adorno in the 1960s, reveling some features of Adorno's thoughts such as the teleological tendency and non-identity. Based on Adorno's current situation and the limits of his general concept, Professor Weber and the interviewer discuss the inevitable barrier between the social critical theory and the political action plans. He further develops "repetition" and "singularity" from Kierkegaard, Walter Benjamin and Derrida, which focus on the concrete things. The interview also reveals the question of foreign words and Adorno's half Jewish identity in the discussion of Adorno's controversial saying, "to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric". Furthermore, Professor Weber gives suggestions on Chinese translation of Adorno's "Essay" considering its etymology and philosophical signification. He also gives witty remarks on Adorno's critique about Jazz, and comments on Bob Dylan receiving Nobel Prize in Literature.
First Page
40
Last Page
47
Recommended Citation
Zhao, Yong, and Weber Samuel. 2017. "Personal Experience About Frankfurt School: From "Non-Identity" to "Singularity" — An Interview with Professor Samuel Weber." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 37, (4): pp.40-47. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol37/iss4/9
