Interdisciplinary practice of philosophy(III)

SPEAKER: Ming-Chen Lo

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University

TOPIC: Rethinking the Psychoanalytical Approach in Adorno's Critique of Astrology Columns

TIME:  15:30-17:30, Monday, 13 May, 2024

VENUE: LA 2009, National Sun Yat-sen University

In the tradition of critical theory, Adorno's The Stars Down to Earth stands out as the only work that explicitly addresses the phenomenon of astrology columns in mass media as a social pathology, yet it has been largely overlooked to date. In this talk, I will reexamine Adorno's critique of astrology column and the methodological challenges involved in his psychoanalytically-based critical approach.