Part III - Theodor Adorno: Session I by Professor Udaya Kumar

A series of lectures by eminent scholars; coordinated by Professor Sobhanlal Datta Gupta, former S. N. Banerjee Professor of Political Science, Calcutta University.
As we know, the German intellectual tradition is of crucial importance for understanding of social sciences. Many important clues to the understanding of new perspectives like the debate on modernity and Enlightenment, postmodernism, post-colonialism, identity and self, etc. can be traced to the contributions of the German tradition. Considering the importance of this theme, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata brings a programme of lectures on the following thinkers, namely, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Max Weber, Nietzsche, Freud, Husserl, Heidegger, Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, Lukács, Popper, Gadamer, Wittgenstein, Arendt, Benjamin and Habermas. The first phase of the Programme (September, November, 2013; January, March, 2014) will cover four lectures on Kant, Hegel, Marx and Max Weber.
Each thinker would be discussed in two sessions, the duration being of two hours each. The sessions will be addressed by eminent resource persons, followed by interaction with the participants.

[@michaele.2583]

Kumar has such a profound and in my oppinion, correct understanding of Adorno, that it is a real pleasure lissening to him. What a contrast to all this growing video-series, trying to show that Frankurt school is at the start of the new rise of stasi in germany and western society and is only to be seen as corruption and ideology!

[@oxyghene]

such good lecture. it'd be nice if it had cc subs

[@cans456]

Please enable CC for these videos. Much efficient to follow with subtitles at x1.5-2 speed.

[@LeniTV]

I have listened to a lot of lectures about Adorno, very good ones among those too, and having said that I really enjoyed yours :) Good introduction and approach!

[@siavashhaman]

Hey Leni, could you kindly direct me to some of the better and harder to find from among those videos on Adorno? thx.

[@vibrantreadings6742]

Great. Thanks udayakumar sir

[@TheEleatic]

The totality of my belly is both static and dynamic. I am trying to negate its position in order to experience liberation.

[@lupo-femme]

Use a Hegelian laxative!

[@Afelah.]

Awesome lecture, thank-you!

[@homerfj1100]

I agree.

[@kharediouf2723]

indeed à good lecture

[@rainerwinklerrainer]

thanks

[@yoyoassful]

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[@merrittjohnson96]

More of refusing Jesus than intellectual barbarism. We are awake!