Abstract

AESTHETIC THEORY AS PROTODECONSTRUCTION In his essay Jakub Momro points out that the later work of Theodor Adorno is impossible to understand without taking into consideration its relation to Hegel’s philosophy. Adorno discovers in Hegel’s formulations a way to transcend positively oriented dialectics which, although it treats negativity with due seriousness, does not underscore its importance in thinking about the nature of the object and the object’s relation to subjectivity. From Hegelian logic Adorno draws out the fundamental concept of his own philosophy, namely – “the logic of non-identity”. This leads him to ascertain the experiential, material and mediated character of metaphysical experience. In both cases Adorno’s thinking runs along the lines of a creative deconstruction of the concept of totality.