Adorno’s Minimum Bestiary

Authors

  • Alexandre Costi Pandolfo

Keywords:

bestiary, Theodor Adorno, Minima Moralia, animality

Abstract

This essay composes transiently a minimal bestiary on the Adornian thought, choosing three animal figures present in the book Minima Moralia. The method perceived by this essay is the constellational form. Such bestial figures are understood in this essay as dialectical images, and an aesthetic and political critique of these dialectical images takes place in consonance with some of the main themes of Adornian philosophy.

Author Biography

  • Alexandre Costi Pandolfo

    Doutor em Letras. Pesquisador independente (Brasil).

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Published

2018-12-01

Issue

Section

LA FILOSOFÍA COMO EXPERIENCIA ANIMALISTA

How to Cite

Adorno’s Minimum Bestiary. (2018). Revista Latinoamericana De Estudios Críticos Animales, 5(2). https://revistaleca.org/index.php/leca/article/view/220