Honneth, Axel. "Communication and Reconciliation: Habermas' Critique of Adorno." Telos 39 (1979): 45-61.

At the time of Adorno’s death, Habermas pointed out a methodological bareness in Adorno’s work. According to him, Adorno’s theoretical veil no longer clothed the methodological skeleton. If one separates content from imagery, Habermas’ comment signals a theoretical turn in critical theory from Adorno to Habermas. This is clear in their totally divergent forms of presentation, and especially regarding controversial relations to the tradition. This turn, which is equivalent to a change of paradigm within critical theory, has not hitherto been fully analyzed. It remains unclear which theoretical paths critical theory took as it moved from its early analysis of fascism to Habermas’ social theory.

 

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