Dialectic of Enlightenment as Sport: The Barbaric Urge Within Sports, Religion, and Capitalism

by Tom Donovan

In their Dialectic of Enlightenment, Horkheimer and Adorno set out to explain why humanity, instead of entering a truly human state, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism. Philosophy teacher Tom Donovan (PhD UCRiverside) offers a fresh reading of that classic text showing that it is first and foremost a critique of the metaphysical urge. Describing our world of stupid consumption, mindless entertainment, and perverted games and relationships he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628941626
• ISBN13: 9781628941623
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Algora Publishing
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.