Adorno and Horkheimer: Dialectic of Enlightenment - Part I

In this video I look at the first part of Adorno and Horkheimers Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments.
I takes an introductory look a the first three parts: The Concept of Enlightenment Excursus I: Odysseus or Myth and Enlightenment and Excursus II: Juliette or Enlightenment and Morality. The first part through some general reflections on Enlightenment reason mythology and totalitarianism poses that all four are already intertwined.
For Adorno and Horkheimer Myth is already enlightenment and enlightenment reverts to mythology. In the two excursus they interpret the Odyssey Marquis de Sade and Nietzsche as backing up this claim.
What makes mythology and enlightenment the same? Odysseus is the proto-bourgeois individual using his logic to manipulate nature through instrumental reason so he get home.
De Sade uses his logic to get what his passions desire.
And Nietzsche is famous for his will to power.
In all of this we can see the philosophical roots on totalitarianism. Both enlightenment and mythology attempt to naturalise the universal rule attempt to dominate the individual based on an eternal rule of instrumental reason.
Even magic was an exchange a deal with nature with the gods to preserve man.
All are based on the same logic. Whether its the codified myth of Scylla and Charybdis.
The rationality of working out your desire and convincing others to follow it if objects are valueless to be used for the purposes of self-preservation why would this not apply to people too? Then Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as 1 per video: Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel: Follow me on: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: Sources: James Bradley Frankfurt views Radical Philosophy vol.
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David Held Introduction to Critical Theory Simon Jarvis Adorno: A Critical Introduction Adorno and Horkheimer Dialectic of Enlightenment James Schmidt Language Mythology and Enlightenment: Historical Notes on Horkheimer and Adornos Dialectic of Enlightenment Credits: Adorno and Horkheimer Photo Jjshapiro at English Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Stock footage provided by Videvo downloaded from Music: Asher Fulero Surrender Lish Grooves Eddy Devon Church The Wish Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.
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