Theodor Adorno Quotes About Language

Quotes about: Language

• History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

  Theodor Adorno

  History, Doe, Language

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.219, Verso

• Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

  Theodor Adorno

  Language, Hunger, Poor

  Theodor W. Adorno (1978). “Minima Moralia”, p.102, Verso

• The metaphysical apologia at least betrayed the injustice of the established order through the incongruence of concept and reality. The impartiality of scientific language deprived what was powerless of the strength to make itself heard and merely provided the existing order with a neutral sign for itself. Such neutrality is more metaphysical than metaphysics.

  Theodor Adorno

  Reality, Order, Betrayed

  Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno (2002). “Dialectic of Enlightenment”, p.35, Stanford University Press

• The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness, ... sub-language as superior language.

  Theodor Adorno

  Jargon, Language, Authenticity

  "The Jargon of Authenticity". Book by Theodor W. Adorno, 1964.

• Vague expression permits the hearer to imagine whatever suits him and what he already thinks in any case.

  Theodor Adorno

  Thinking, Expression, Suits

  Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.101, Verso

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