5 Theodor Adorno Quotes on Sociology

Theodor Adorno quotes on sociology

59. 'Metaphysical categories are not merely an ideology concealing the social system; at the same time they express its nature, the truth about, and in their changes are precipitated those in its most central experiences.'

66. 'Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.'

81. 'That all men are alike is exactly what society would like to hear. It considers actual or imagined differences as stigmas indicating that not enough has yet been done; that something has still been left outside its machinery, not quite determined by its totality.'

97. 'The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.'

128. 'Up to our days a man's membership of the upper or lower classes has been crudely determined by whether or not he accepted money. At times false pride became conscious criticism.'