Adorno, Heidegger, and the Politics of Truth

Lambert Zuidervaart is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies and the University of Toronto. His many books include Social Domains of Truth: Science, Politics, Art, and Religion and Shattering Silos: Reimagining Knowledge, Politics, and Social Critique.

"…this book is both an accessible introduction to Theodor Adorno and his philosophy of truth and an important contribution to the philosophical scholarship that links Adorno's truth to Heidegger's and Foucault's, making it of interest to current scholars of each. But it is also a book with its own politics of truth, one derived from Adorno, that humanity has the power and agency to produce a utopia where the false has become the true." — H-Net Reviews (H-History-and-Theory)"Zuidervaart, who already published numerable books on critical theory in general and Adorno in particular, again shows himself to be an excellent and critical reader of Adorno. The greatest strength of Adorno, Heidegger, and the Politics of Truth is that it offers an in-depth study of Adorno's concept of truth, based on a thorough reading and understanding, and an original and critical interpretation of Adorno's work. It also surpasses that in demonstrating the need for a conception of 'truth as a whole' beyond propositional truth, and the need to link the concept of truth to social critique and social hope. All this makes this book a must-read for Adorno scholars." — Thijs Lijster, author of Benjamin and Adorno on Art and Art Criticism: Critique of Art

• Preface Abbreviations and Citations 1. Adorno's Conception of Truth 2. The Humanly Promised Other of History 3. Surplus beyond the Subject 4. What Is, Is More Than It Is 5. Politics of Truth: Adorno, Foucault, and Feminist Critical Theory 6. "Weh spricht vergeh": Truth in Adorno's Aesthetic Theory 7. Promises of Truth Appendix Reflections from Damaged Life: Theodor W. Adorno (1903–69) Notes Bibliography Index