The "Primal Pseudos": Adorno's Concept of Nationalism

Even though the term “primal pseudos” appears only once in Theodor W. Adorno’s lecture History and Freedom, it is the key for the understanding of Adorno’s concept of nation and nationalism. In the aforementioned lecture the term “primal pseudos” describes the contradiction immanent in the concept o...

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Main Author:	Wacyl Azzouz
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Published:	University of Groningen Press 2021
Subjects:	adorno critical theory nationalism Social Sciences H Political science (General) JA1-92 Philosophy (General) B1-5802
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:56778495f86b48f5927017b75e385b132021-12-02T16:46:48ZThe "Primal Pseudos": Adorno's Concept of Nationalism1875-710310.21827/krisis.41.1.37165https://doaj.org/article/56778495f86b48f5927017b75e385b132021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://krisis.eu/article/view/37165https://doaj.org/toc/1875-7103Even though the term “primal pseudos” appears only once in Theodor W. Adorno’s lecture History and Freedom, it is the key for the understanding of Adorno’s concept of nation and nationalism. In the aforementioned lecture the term “primal pseudos” describes the contradiction immanent in the concept of the nation. The critical investigation into the immanent contradiction of the concept of the nation discloses the impossibility of what nationalism wants rather than its falseness.Wacyl AzzouzUniversity of Groningen Pressarticleadornocritical theorynationalismSocial SciencesHPolitical science (General)JA1-92Philosophy (General)B1-5802ENNLKrisis, Vol 41, Iss 1, Pp 5-23 (2021)
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The "Primal Pseudos": Adorno's Concept of Nationalism

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