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1、TheodorAdornoCorrespondencewithBenjaminIFromAdornotoBenjaminHornberg,BlackForest,2August1935DearHerrBenjamin:Todayletmetrytosaysomethingtoyouatlonglastaboutyourdraftessay,whichIhavestudiedverythoroughlyanddiscussedwithFelizitas1again;shefullysharesmyresponse.Itseemstometobein
2、keepingwiththeimportanceofthesubject—which,asyouknow,Iratesohighly—ifIspeakwithcompletecandourandproceedwithoutpreliminariestothequestionswhichImaycon-siderequallycentralforbothofus.ButIshallprefacemycriticaldiscussionbysayingthateventhoughyourmethodofworkmeansthatasketchanda
3、‘lineofthought’cannotconveyanadequaterepresentation,yourdraftseemstomefullofthemostimportantideas.OftheseIshouldliketoemphasizeonlythemagni-ficentpassageaboutlivingasaleavingoftraces,theconclusivesentencesaboutthecollector,andtheliberationofthingsfromthecurseofbeinguseful.The
4、outlineofthechapteronBaudelaireasaninterpretationofthepoetandthein-troductionofthecategoryofnouveautéonp.172alsoseemtomeentirelysuccess-ful.255Youwillthereforeguesswhatyouhardlyexpectedtobeotherwise:thatIamstillconcernedwiththecomplexwhichmaybedesignatedbytherubrics—prehistor
5、yofthe19thcentury,dialecticalimage,andcon-figurationofmythandmodernism.IfIrefrainfrommakingadistinc-tionbetweenthe‘material’andthe‘epistemological’questions,thisshouldbeinkeeping—ifnotwiththeexternalorganizationofyourdraft—atalleventswithitsphilosophicalcore,whosemovementisto
6、maketheantithesisbetweenthetwodisappear(asinboththemorerecenttraditionalsketchesofthedialectic).Letmetakeasmypointofdeparturethemottoonp.159,Chaqueépoquerêvelasuivante[Everyepochdreamsitssuccessor].Thisseemstomeanimportantkeyinsofarasallthosemotifsofthetheoryofthedialecticali
7、mage,whichbasicallyunderlymycriticism,crystallizeaboutitasanundialecticalsentence:suchthatitseliminationcouldleadtoaclarificationofthetheoryitself.Forthesentenceimpliesthreethings:aconceptionofthedialecticalimageasacontentofconsciousness,albeitacollectiveone;itsdirect—Iwoulda
8、lmostsay:developmental—relatednesstothefutureasUtopia;andanotionofth
