(verb) to make faulty or defective; impair / (verb) to debase in moral or aesthetic status / (verb) to make ineffective
these do not vitiate his entire later critical work
these do not vitiate his entire later critical work
a Medieval Latin phrase meaning "the necessary changes having been made" or "once the necessary changes have been made"
Kafka is attacked by Lukács for the qualities which, mutatis mutandis, in the history of music, would have made him in Adorno's terms a "progressive"
Kafka is attacked by Lukács for the qualities which, mutatis mutandis, in the history of music, would have made him in Adorno's terms a "progressive"
a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments
Of all the philosophers in the Hegelian tradition (and I include Heidegger), Sartre is the man who has understood the dialectic between self and other in Hegel's Phenomenology in the most interesting and usable fashion.
Of all the philosophers in the Hegelian tradition (and I include Heidegger), Sartre is the man who has understood the dialectic between self and other in Hegel's Phenomenology in the most interesting and usable fashion.
(adjective) marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness; clamorous / (adjective) stubbornly resistant to control; unruly
with his obstreperous irony
with his obstreperous irony
(adjective) marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view; biased
what a tendentious definition of reality she proposes
what a tendentious definition of reality she proposes
the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
a playwright whose best works apotheosize the platitude
a playwright whose best works apotheosize the platitude
(verb) build / (verb) establish / (verb) to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift / (verb) enlighten inform
of an exemplary or edifying nature
of an exemplary or edifying nature
(adj) hostile, obstructive
inimical to the pessimistic vision of tragedy
inimical to the pessimistic vision of tragedy
political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature
the agitprop scheme of his play
the agitprop scheme of his play
to walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition
the somnambulistic concentration with which he did it
the somnambulistic concentration with which he did it