{"product_id":"a-precarious-happiness-by-peter-e-gordon-9780226854441","title":"A Precarious Happiness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA strikingly original account of Theodor Adorno's work as a critique animated by happiness\u003c\/strong\u003e - now in paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gordon's confidently gripping and persistently subtle interpretation brings a new tone to the debate about Adorno's negativism.\" - Jürgen Habermas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheodor Adorno is often portrayed as a totalizing negativist, a scowling contrarian who looked upon modern society with despair. Peter E. Gordon thinks we have this wrong: if Adorno is uncompromising in his critique, it is because he sees in modernity an unfulfilled possibility of human flourishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a damaged world, Gordon argues, all happiness is likewise damaged but not wholly absent. Through a comprehensive rereading of Adorno's work, \u003cem\u003eA Precarious Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e recovers Adorno's commitment to traces of happiness - fragments of the good amid the bad. Ultimately, Gordon argues that social criticism, while exposing falsehoods, must also cast a vision for an unrealized better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67807537725676,"sku":"9780226854441","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226854441-a-precarious-happiness-1.jpg?v=1792523753","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/a-precarious-happiness-by-peter-e-gordon-9780226854441","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}