Theodor Adorno quotes - page 7

The conflicts that tear society apart resemble the distinction between the concept and the particular facts subordinated to it. ... Whatever refuses to abide by the unity imposed by the principle of dominion manifests itself not as something indifferent to that principle, but as an infringement of logic: as a contradiction. (Theodor Adorno)
Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of domination that is elsewhere concealed. View quote
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In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew. View quote
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The power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness. The order that springs from it is never confronted with what it claims to be or with the real interests of human beings. View quote
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The element of truth in the concept of genius is to be sought in the object, in what is open, not confined by repetition. View quote
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Talent is perhaps nothing other than successfully sublimated rage. View quote
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Without admitting it they sense that their lives would be completely intolerable as soon as they no longer clung to satisfactions which are none at all. View quote
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In general they are intoxicated by the fame of mass culture, a fame which the latter knows how to manipulate; they could just as well get together in clubs for worshipping film stars or for collecting autographs. What is important to them is the sense of belonging as such, identification, without paying particular attention to its content. View quote
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Normality is death. View quote
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No emancipation without that of society. View quote
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The phrase, the world wants to be deceived, has become truer than had ever been intended. People are not only, as the saying goes, falling for the swindle; if it guarantees them even the most fleeting gratification they desire a deception which is nonetheless transparent to them. They force their eyes shut and voice approval, in a kind of self-loathing, for what is meted out to them, knowing fully the purpose for which it is manufactured. Without admitting it they sense that their lives would be completely intolerable as soon as they no longer clung to satisfactions which are none at all. (Theodor Adorno)