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'Even the biographical individual is a social category', wrote Adorno. ‘It can only be defined in a living context together with others.’ In this major new biography, Stefan Müller-Doohm turns this maxim back on Adorno himself and provides a rich and comprehensive account of the life and work of one of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century. This authoritative biography ranges across the whole of Adorno's life and career, from his childhood and student years to his years in emigration in the United States and his return to postwar Germany. At the same time, Muller-Doohm examines the full range of Adorno's writings on philosophy, sociology, literary theory, music theory and cu...
Sluyter (ecology and geography, Pennsylvania State U.) presents a theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape, applying empirical research to a case study of the Veracruz lowlands along the Gulf Coast of Mexico. He also explores broader considerations of environmental conservation, development, and global policy challenges. Of likely interest to geographers and others interested in development and environmental studies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.