Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2008
Journal or Book Title
New York Journal of Sociology
Volume
1
First Page
1
Last Page
249
Abstract
In the philosophical and culture-critical works of Theodor Adorno and Max Hork- heimer, the concept of homosexuality exists almost always in close textual relation to fascist domination. This is because they cannot see homosexual persons as exist- ing outside the dominating discourses of the nineteenth-century bourgeois legal and psychiatric explication of homosexuality. This issue throws the stakes of ethical reflection in Critical Theory into high relief, especially since feminist thinkers including Judith Butler have recently provided a highly positive rereading of Adorno’s ethics. A close reading of Adorno’s exploration of Alban Berg’s opera Lulu further demonstrates the labile ethical and philosophical status of homosexuality in Critical Theory.
Copyright Owner
Kevin S. Amidon
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Amidon, Kevin S., "What Happens to Countess Geschwitz? Revisiting Homosexuality in Horkheimer and Adorno" (2008). World Languages and Cultures Publications. 66.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/language_pubs/66
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Comments
This article is from New York Journal of Sociology 1 (2008): 1. Posted with permission.