From: K.KUBOTA-AT-JPBERLIN.BerliNet.de (Ken Kubota)
Subject: Re: PHILOSOPHY & THE DIVISION OF LABOR
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 23:04:00 +0200


> I need to know what the old Frankfurters (i.e. not Habermas and the
> contemporary ones) wrote, if anything, about philosophy (Or intellectual
> life in general) in its relationship to the division of labor, and whether
> they foresaw as desirable the abolition of intellectuals as separate stratum
> within society.  Did any of them see their own role in society as being
> limited by their own place (class position) in the division of labor?

Adorno refers to it at several places. In "Minima Moralia" he reflects the  
philosopher's position in society, the most important essay is no. 84  
"Stundenplan" ("schedule"), in: Adorno, Gesammelte Schriften, Bd. 4, S.  
145 f. In "Aesthetic Theory" at some passages he suggests removing the  
barrier between manual and mental labour (i.e. everybody should do both).  
I recommend Martin Jay's book "Adorno" (Massachusetts 1984) for  
introduction.

Ken Kubota
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