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What did Adorno attempt to revoke in his posthumously published work Aesthetic Theory?
Separation of Feeling and Understanding
Distinction between Art and Science
Hierarchy of Artistic Genres
Primacy of Form over Content
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In his posthumously published work Aesthetic Theory, Adorno attempted to revoke the "fatal separation" of feeling and understanding that had long been demanded by the history of philosophy. He sought to challenge the traditional privileging of content over form and contemplation over immersion in the realm of aesthetics.
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