Tuomas Vainio

Dialectic of Post-modernism and its Derivates Tuomas Vainio

Dialectic of Enlightenment by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer is without any undue credit the fundamental basis of the myriad of world-views that define the 20th and 21st century political and ideological left in the Western-cultural hemisphere. Upon reading the Dialectic of Enlightenment it became clear to me that the views of the modern left cannot be correctly understood without first reading Dialectic of Enlightenment, and what I offer you here is the first part of a work that argues against this Dialectic of Enlightenment, and by doing so every manifestation of the 20th and 21st century left-wing ideologies. It is my defence for the Enlightenment, for its values and principles, and my attempt to show that the inherent errors found in the work of Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer are not only grievous but undeniable. The two respective gentlement have not understood human nature, and therefore, their conclusions in regards of society and power are at best lurid and false.