Adorno, Obama, and Empire: Reflections on the U.S. Presidential Election and the Next President

As tempting as it might be, politics is a difficult field for philosophers.Well known are Plato’s and Heidegger’s attempt to influence the political developments of their time, which went badly wrong. Much safer is it to provide an interpretation of current political events, which is the aim of thi...

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Main Author: Lukas Kaelin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Santo Tomas 2008-12-01
Series:Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy
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Online Access:http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_4/kaelin_december2008.pdf