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Christian Voller

In: The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory

Chapter 15: Alfred Seidel and the Nihilisation of Nihilism: A Contribution to the Prehistory of the Frankfurt School

Edited by: Beverley Best, Werner Bonefeld & Chris O’Kane

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526436122.n15

Subject: German Social Theory, Critical Theory

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Voller, C. (2018). Alfred seidel and the nihilisation of nihilism: a contribution to the prehistory of the frankfurt school. In B. BestW. Bonefeld & C. O’Kane The sage handbook of frankfurt school critical theory (Vol. 3, pp. 252-267). 55 City Road, London: SAGE Publications Ltd doi: 10.4135/9781526436122.n15

Voller, Christian. "Alfred Seidel and the Nihilisation of Nihilism: A Contribution to the Prehistory of the Frankfurt School." In The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory, 252-267. 55 City Road, London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018. doi: 10.4135/9781526436122.n15.

Voller, C 2018, 'Alfred seidel and the nihilisation of nihilism: a contribution to the prehistory of the frankfurt school', in The sage handbook of frankfurt school critical theory, SAGE Publications Ltd, 55 City Road, London, pp. 252-267, viewed 5 April 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781526436122.n15.

Voller, Christian. "Alfred Seidel and the Nihilisation of Nihilism: A Contribution to the Prehistory of the Frankfurt School." The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory. Beverley BestWerner Bonefeld and Chris O’Kane. Vol. 3. 55 City Road: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018. 252-267. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 5 Apr. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781526436122.n15.

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Alfred Seidel and the Nihilisation of Nihilism: A Contribution to the Prehistory of the Frankfurt School
Alfred Seidel and the Nihilisation of Nihilism: A Contribution to the Prehistory of the Frankfurt School
Christian Voller

In a lecture on Negative Dialectics on December 7, 1965 that dealt with the relationship between Marxism and idealism, Theodor W. Adorno mentioned the name of Alfred Seidel, a ‘late friend from my youth’, who introduced the concept of the ‘metaphysics of the forces of production’ into the critique of Marxism. This concept, according to Adorno, claims that within a certain Marxist theoretical tradition, ‘a simply absolute potential is attributed to the productive forces of human beings and their extension in technology’ (Adorno, 2008: 96). The critique of ...

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