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Introduction -- 1. Modern Arabic Poetry and English Poetry -- 2. The Arabic Waste Lands -- 3. Translating Whitman's Song of Myself into Arabic -- 4. Al-Sayyab's Translational Contribution -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) was one of the twentieth century’s most important thinkers. In light of two pivotal developments—the rise of fascism, which culminated in the Holocaust, and the standardization of popular culture as a commodity indispensable to contemporary capitalism—Adorno sought to evaluate and synthesize the essential insights of Western philosophy by revisiting the ethical and sociological arguments of his predecessors: Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel, and Marx. This book, first published in Germany in 1996, provides a succinct introduction to Adorno’s challenging and far-reaching thought. Gerhard Schweppenhäuser, a leading authority on the Frankfurt School of critical th...
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