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This book explores the reception of Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment. It examines a variety of perspectives on the text, supplied by e.g. American critical theorists, British New Leftists, Transatlantic Cultural Studies scholars, Postmodernists, and those working in the current after-theory moment from 1970 to 2010. It considers the works of the Frankfurt School, especially Horkheimer and Adorno, alongside the secondary literature on the subject. The main focus is on how various intellectual circles and trends have responded to the Dialectic, making scholarly discussions the primary sources. While the work is a history of the Dialectic of Enlightenment’s Anglophone reception, it also reflects the post-1968 left’s retreat to academia, which echoes the Frankfurt School’s own stance of political resignation. .

Philosophy --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Sociological theory building --- Sociological theories --- Politics --- Comparative literature --- sociale analyse --- filosofie --- literatuur --- politiek --- sociale filosofie

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This book charts new territory both theoretically and methodologically. Drawing on MacDougall’s notion of social aesthetics, it explores the sensory dimensions of privilege through a global ethnography of elite schools. The various contributors to the volume draw on a range of theoretical perspectives from Lefebvre, Benjamin, Bourdieu, Appadurai, Kress and van Leeuwen to both broaden and critique MacDougall’s original concept. They argue that within these elite schools there is a relationship between their ‘complex sensory and aesthetic environments’ and the construction of privilege within and beyond the school gates. Understanding the importance of the visual to ethnography, the social aesthetics of these elite schools  are captured through the inclusion of a series of visual essays that complement the written accounts of the aesthetics of privilege. The collection also includes a series of vignettes that further explore the sensory dimension of these aesthetics:  touch, taste—though metaphorically understood— sight and sound. These varying formats illustrate the aesthetic nature of social relations and the various ways in which class permeates the senses. The images from across the different schools and their surroundings immerse the reader in these worlds and provide poignant ethnographic data of the forces of globalisation within the context of elite schooling.

Education. --- Sociology of Education. --- Interdisciplinary Studies. --- Educational Philosophy. --- Education --- Humanities. --- Sciences humaines --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Upper class. --- Upper class --- Social status. --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social structure. --- Social classes. --- Private schools. --- Aesthetics. --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Esthetics --- Taste (Aesthetics) --- Academies (Private schools) --- Independent schools --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Social standing --- Socio-economic status --- Socioeconomic status --- Standing, Social --- Status, Social --- Fashionable society --- High society --- Society, High --- Upper classes --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Educational sociology. --- Education and sociology. --- Sociology, Educational. --- Philosophy --- Art --- Criticism --- Literature --- Proportion --- Symmetry --- Schools --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Social status --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- Social stratification --- Anthropology --- Sociology --- Social institutions --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Prestige --- Social classes --- Leadership --- Social groups --- Psychology --- Motion pictures-Asia. --- Asian Cinema and TV. --- Motion pictures—Asia. --- Aesthetics --- Social aspects. --- Radio broadcasting Aesthetics