LECTURE THIRTEEN

In Lecture Thirteen, how does Adorno describe the fundamental role of sociology in relation to other academic disciplines?

According to Adorno, what is the primary danger for sociology as a discipline that consists 'essentially in reflection'?

How does Adorno's conception of sociology's task differ from that of Talcott Parsons's structural-functional theory?

Adorno uses Freudian psychoanalysis as a model to demonstrate how a discipline focused on the individual inevitably encounters social concepts. Which Freudian term does he reinterpret as being rooted in the 'simple fact of shortage' in society?

What is the 'dialectical motif' Adorno identifies within Freudian theory?

How does Adorno critique Jung's theory of the 'collective unconscious' in relation to Freud's work?

According to Adorno, what is the 'super-ego' a representation of within the individual psyche?

What is Adorno's main criticism of Durkheim's study of suicide?

Why, according to Adorno, did the Frankfurt School find it necessary to incorporate psychological considerations into the 'objective' theory of society?

Adorno claims that the dialectic of the particular and the general was rediscovered in the scientific project of Freud. What does he mean by this?

What does Adorno identify as the social root of the category of the individual itself?

In his critique of Durkheim, Adorno paradoxically claims that Durkheim attributes properties to the 'conscience collective' that he had previously...

What is Adorno's advice to students regarding the study of sociology and other disciplines?

Adorno critiques the Freudian tendency to underestimate the possibility of individuation and variability in human beings. To which Freudian concept does he link this tendency?

What is the 'Freudian slip' Adorno makes and then reflects upon during his discussion of socialization and the super-ego?

Adorno argues that a sociology which forgets the mediation through individual subjectivity is as false as one that reduces sociology to psychology. Why does he find the latter idea, which he attributes to Freud, to be invalidated?

What does Adorno identify as the 'true task of sociology'?

In Lecture Thirteen, Adorno suggests that when combining two scientific disciplines, the concepts taken from one into the other almost always lack what?

Which book does Adorno still consider the 'best introduction to the whole field of psychoanalysis' and urge 'every sociologist to study'?

What is the consequence of Freud's theory regarding the 'Oedipus complex' and the supposed unalterable nature of human beings?

Adorno defines the social universal embodied in the super-ego through several commandments. Which of the following is NOT one of the commandments he lists?

In his discussion of Durkheim on suicide, Adorno mentions a hierarchy of religions in 1890s France based on the definiteness of their social norms. What is the correct order of this hierarchy, from most to least definite norms?

What temptation of sociology does Adorno point out concerning the mediation of the general through psychology?

How does Adorno define 'socialization' in the context of his discussion of the super-ego?

What is Adorno's critical take on the use of 'keywords' or 'maxims' like Jung's 'collective unconscious' in intellectual discourse?

Adorno states that sociology is prone to a 'misapprehension' regarding psychology. What is this misapprehension?

In his critique of Durkheim, Adorno uses a term from Marx to describe what happens to social regularity when psychological mediation is ignored. What is that term?

What is the study 'Die revidierte Psychoanalyse', mentioned by Adorno in Lecture Thirteen, about?

Adorno argues that a sociology that ignores individual subjectivity is dogmatic. What is the equal and opposite error he identifies?

What is the significance of the distinction between Max Weber's 'mind mania' (Geisthuberei) and 'fact mania' (Stoffhuberei) in Lecture Thirteen?

Adorno states that Freud's psychoanalysis, by being centered on the individual, seems furthest removed from the social context. Why then does he choose it as a model for his argument?

In what way does Adorno see Freud's concept of 'archaic images' as containing a 'dialectical motif'?

What is Adorno's final conclusion about Durkheim's theory of suicide?

Adorno claims his own work in musicology and psychology has been beneficial to his sociological thought. What principle does this personal experience support?

When Adorno discusses the 'dialectic of the particular and the general' in relation to Freud, he is making a point that he explicitly states was 'taught by' which philosopher?

What does Adorno argue is the objective, sociological basis for what Freud called the 'vital need' (Lebensnot) that compels renunciation?

How many Freudian psychological categories does Adorno use as examples to illustrate his point about the super-ego in Lecture Thirteen?

Adorno argues that the category of the individual is not antithetical to society but is a social category itself. How does he define individuality in this context?

In his final remarks on Durkheim, Adorno refers to the 'conscience collective'. How does he characterize this concept?

What is Adorno's position on 'interdisciplinary studies' as commonly practiced?

Adorno mentions a study he developed twenty years prior from a lecture to the Psychoanalytic Society in San Francisco. What is the title of this study?

Adorno criticizes a tendency in Freudian theory to regard human beings as 'very largely unalterable'. What does he suggest is the source of this view within the theory?

What does Adorno suggest is the relationship between the commandments internalized in the super-ego (e.g., 'thou shalt work hard') and social reality?

Adorno's critique of Durkheim's 'conscience collective' claims it performs a miracle. What is this 'miracle'?

What does Adorno ultimately conclude about the relationship between sociology and psychology?

Adorno characterizes his own sociological approach, in contrast to that of Talcott Parsons, as seeking what?

What is the primary reason Adorno gives for Freud's positing of a 'vital need' (Lebensnot)?

In Lecture Thirteen, what does Adorno describe as the first of two things a sociologist might see when examining Freud's theory of the 'id'?

What is Adorno's view on the work of the revisionist psychoanalysts he mentions?

Adorno ends Lecture Thirteen by thanking the students for their attention. What principle does he use the example of Durkheim's study of suicide to illustrate immediately before this?