We are pleased to announce the publication of a new special issue of Adorno Studies on “Adorno and the Anthropocene.” It is guest edited by Camilla Flodin (Uppsala University) and Sven Anders Johansson (Mid Sweden University).

You can access the full issue here: http://adornostudies.org/ojs/index.php/as/issue/view/3

And here is the table of contents:

Introduction to Special Issue: Adorno and the Anthropocene Camilla Flodin, Sven Anders Johansson

Catastrophe and History: Adorno, the Anthropocene, and Beethoven’s Late Style Antonia Hofstätter

Reconciliation with Nature: Adorno on Reason, Nature, and Critique Alastair Morgan

The Concept of the Anthropocene and the Jargon of Authenticity Anders E. Johansson

The Anthropocene as a Negative Universal History Harriet Johnson

Why Art? The Anthropocene, Ecocriticism, and Adorno’s Concept of Natural Beauty Sven Anders Johansson

Art and the Possibility of a Liberated Nature Camilla Flodin