FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT

Schriften zur Weltliteratur/Studies on World Literature, pp. 203–423

Abstract

On March 25, 1964, Adorno dreamt he had gathered a mob in order to kill a psychotherapist. This psychotherapist was about to give a lecture on Schubert, but first wanted to create some ‘atmosphere’ by singing one of Schubert’s songs in a fashion that the dreaming Adorno deems a Hollywood-like smudging of the difference between this artform and an operetta. Everyone tolerating such barbarity—so Adorno’s dream avatar argues to agitate the audience—would be a barbarian themselves.

Authors 2

1. Markus Winkler corresponding

   University of Geneva

   Affiliation as printed

   Neuere deutsche und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, Universität Genf, Genf, Switzerland

2. Maria Boletsi Aachen Film and Literary Studies

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Film and Literary Studies, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands