LECTURE FIVE

In Lecture Five, Adorno makes a minor correction to a previous statement. What does he now concede about the perception of society?

According to Adorno's discussion of Durkheim in Lecture Five, where does society become 'directly perceptible'?

What is Adorno's primary criticism of Durkheim's tendency to view society as a 'second-degree datum'?

How does Adorno define the dialectical concept of society in Lecture Five?

What inherent law of capitalism does Adorno identify as making the concept of society essentially dynamic?

Which sociologist does Adorno credit with defining the dynamic of society in terms of an 'increase in integration'?

What example does Adorno use to illustrate the growing integration and the tightening web of social relationships over a relatively short timespan?

According to Spencer's sociology as discussed by Adorno, what did the concept of 'advancing integration' imply at the same time?

What important divergence does Adorno identify between society in Spencer's time and society today regarding integration and differentiation?

What is the ultimate reason Adorno suggests for the modern tendency of integration to suspend differentiation?

Adorno warns against misunderstanding his concept of society in an 'organicist' or 'holistic' sense. What does he say is the exact opposite of these conceptions?

Towards the end of Lecture Five, how does Adorno describe the totality in which we live, in relation to the concept of 'alienation'?

What term does Adorno borrow from William Graham Sumner's famous book to exemplify direct manifestations of society?

According to the lecture, what is the 'macrosociological model of a dialectical conception of society'?

Adorno states that in the society of his time, an entire class was integrated which previously stood in a 'partly external relationship to society'. Which class is he referring to?

What is the 'infinitely fruitful moment' Adorno finds in the modern tendency for work processes to become alike?

What does Adorno identify as the basis for the objective, conceptual nature of social objectivity, which he contrasts with 'organicist or holistic conceptions'?

Adorno says that the insistence on what principle allows the 'whole' of society to survive and reproduce itself, albeit at great cost?

In what sense does Adorno argue that the 'society of rational exchange' is infected with irrationality at its very root?

What does Adorno identify as a consequence of the modern reversal where integration suspends differentiation?

On page 49 of the lecture, Adorno gives an example of growing social integration by contrasting modern Germany with the situation how many years ago?

What is the reason Adorno gives for why a concept of society which omits individuals is nonsensical?

Adorno states that a concept of society that reduces it to the individuals making it up is equally absurd. What does he say such a concept dismisses the non-individual elements as?

In Lecture Five, Adorno states that the 'Frankfurt School' teaches a dialectical view of society. He uses the model he developed in the lecture to show that the concept of society must be what?

What is the primary characteristic of the dynamic Adorno discusses on page 48, which he says is neglected by positivism?

On page 49, Adorno recommends a 'lengthy piece of reading' by Herbert Spencer. What is the title of this work?

What does Adorno mean by the 'culture industry' in the context of social integration on page 50?

What 'trick' does Adorno accuse critics of the dialectical theory of society of using?

If one wanted to characterize the concept of society itself as a system, Adorno suggests this should be qualified by adding what?

Why does Adorno say he tries to dispense with the word 'alienation' as far as he can?

Which historical figure's lecture is announced at the very beginning of Lecture Five?

What is the topic of the announced lecture by Frederick Wyatt on page 44?

Adorno characterizes the dialectic of individual and society by stating that 'no individuals... can exist except with regard to the society in which they live, any more than society can exist without...' what?

On page 48, Adorno acknowledges that the intuitive experience of society he describes can be 'fallible'. What does he say such interpretations are liable to degenerate into if mediating verifications are absent?

What does Adorno claim is overlooked when sociology consigns the dynamic aspects of society to a separate chapter on 'social dynamics' or 'social control'?

What example of an 'impenetrable' social phenomenon does Adorno provide on page 45, referencing Durkheim?

What is the relationship between Spencer and Durkheim regarding the thesis of 'growing integration'?

If integration is taken to mean the process by which larger units are rationally shaped, what does Adorno say this concept implies?

What does Adorno identify as the 'peculiar tendency of Durkheim's entire sociology' on page 46?

Adorno contrasts his view of society with 'organicistic or holistic conceptions'. Where does he suggest these conceptions might be applicable, if at all?

What does the process of life, labor, production, and reproduction, which is kept in motion by individuals, demonstrate about the concept of society?

Adorno mentions a story about a man from a village near Aschaffenburg to illustrate a point about what?

On page 51, Adorno criticizes the popular 'topos' or 'trick' used against dialectical theory. What does this 'topos' label the theory as?

What does Adorno suggest is a more adequate concept than 'organic wholeness' to characterize society as a system?

In his final paragraph, Adorno gives a critical sense to the idea that 'present society is mediated only through individuation'. What is this critical sense?

Which sociological work, mentioned on page 45, is recommended for bringing together material on phenomena like 'folkways'?

On page 46, Adorno argues that the concept of society refers to a relationship between what?

According to Adorno's argument on page 51, the formal resemblance between the dialectical theory and holistic views of society provokes what reaction from critics?

What is the subject of the study by Adorno and Fraulein Jaerisch mentioned on page 45?

What does Adorno identify as the fundamental form of today's society that is governed by a dynamic principle?