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Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present)
GREAT REFERENCE WORK. MANY MORE SUCH REFERENCE BOOKS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND UNIVERSITY POST GRADUATE STUDENTS.
Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present)
In a very subtle yet consistent way the book conveys some of the main flaws in the enlightenment movement. Very well written. A true must for all students of post modern thought and how it developed.
Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present)
I've only read one other translation of the Dialectic, but this one was by far the better one. This is a must read for anyone interested in the evolution of our culture or philosophy. Their critiques of society apply to cultural change and advancement in a rich country in general; this book was relevant several years ago and will still be relevant decades from now.
Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present)
Marxist politics aside, Adorno and Horkheimer's staggering critique of post-enlightenment thought takes everything we "civilized" people take for granted and burns it---in front of your kids.The examination of the oft-overlooked philosophy of the Marquis de Sade is especially significant, as it critiques the rogue philosopher while paying him his long-overdue respect as a true man of philosophy.
Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present)
Nietzsche arising as the thinker contributing the most in the time of America's gift outright to literary life of Cain and Abel playing a game unto the kiss of death. Would Juliette play?A large number of intellectuals from the German expulsion of Jewish mentalities came to America as an ideal society for people freely contriving thermonuclear weapons. There is no index for this book. Many of the notes gives variations in the text from the first publication in 1944 when a second version of 1947 reveals a change in terminology describing some concepts in political economy. The approach to politics as a form of activity making the feckless powerlessness of political jellyfish caught in a monetary net pulled by a flash bang gravy train diving as deep as German philosophy realizing that its control of events is even less universal than an ideal in Kant, who still gets remembered as if:In confirming the scientific systemas the embodiment of truth -the result arrived at by Kant -thought sets the seal on itsown insignificance, becausescience is a technical operation,as far removed from reflectionon its own objectives as anyother form of labor underthe pressure of the system. (p. 66).I originally looked for an index to identify the personification Juliette for a section of the book called:Excursus II: Juliette or Enlightenment and Morality.The material identified as edited in 1987 by Gunzelin Schmid Noerr translated from Volume 5 of the German works of Max Horkheimer provides an Afterword (pp. 217-247) quotes key ideas from something Horkheimer wrote in 1943:the permanence of oppression,its parasitic nature, becomesmanifest. . . . The structurecorresponded to that of competingrackets. . . . The racket pattern,which used to be typical ofthe behavior of the rulerstoward the ruled, is nowrepresentative of all humanrelationships, even thosewithin the working class. (p. 236).The laboring masses arethe object of both forms;they merely have to payfor the whole system. (p. 236).Previous racket theory has assumed that social systems were the primary mechanism for extracting whatever flow could be diverted from the crazy system that produced a chapter in this book called:The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception.Modern society considered as a host of baby Babylons producing lots of higher swindle fanatics can skip from mythologizing pleasure to victimizing human behavior without regard to rank or class. In Christ there are no Jews, Greeks, males, females, slaves, or free, but the Saint Paul Police Department wants your wallet like the feds will confiscate your hard drive or a tank pokes holes in the tabernacle of the Branch Davidians on April 19, 1993.
Managing Labor Migration in the Twenty-First Century
This was the first book read by me exclusively on immigration and a multi-faceted discussion on what contributes to the demand and supply of immigrants. The book also takes a look at some of the programs which were initiated by various nations in the US, Canada, Western Europe, Japan and Thailand at different points of time, what the expectations were when the programs were initiated and how they have eventually stood up on those expectations. A common failure of all the temporary worker programs is best summed up in a line from the book "There is nothing more permanent than temporary workers." Quite true. While governments and bureaucrats who frame the provisions of guest worker programs might expect that employers will register all their immigrant workers even when it takes them several months of wages to go through the whole registration process and immigrants themselves will return to their home nations after staying in the host nations for a few months, the realities are far more complex. With time, employers get used to having a virtually inexhaustible source of cheap and docile labor while the immigrants themselves get used to the higher wages and higher living standards of the host nations. As a remark on the very last page of the book makes clear: "What is worse than being exploited abroad? Not being exploited abroad."The book overall is a serious read for someone who is interested in the topic of migration and the demand and supply conditions leading up to it. Not only does it offer different perspectives that are drawn from a wide range of nations over several decades, it also provides some interesting factoids that would be interesting to some. To mention just two: The total number of immigrant workers at about 90 million constitutes 3% of the global labor force. Yet another- While 60% of the migration is in the developed nations (about half of that in the US), the rest 40% of the immigration is in the developing nations such as Thailand which in the short span of a few decades turned from a net exporter of immigrants to a net exporter of immigrants.Recommended for the serious reader and someone who is interested in how complex the realities of migration are.