First published in German as Ontologie und Dialektik (1960/61), © Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2002
This English edition © Polity Press, 2019
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-7946-4 (pb)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969, author.
Title: Ontology and dialectics : 1960/61 / Theodor W. Adorno.
Other titles: Ontologie und Dialektik, 1960-61. English
Description: English edition. | Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press, [2018] | Originally published: Ontologie und Dialektik, 1960-61. Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018010019 (print) | LCCN 2018021553 (ebook) | ISBN 9780745694900 (Epub) | ISBN 9780745693125 | ISBN 9780745679464 (pb)
Subjects: LCSH: Ontology. | Dialectic.
Classification: LCC BD313 (ebook) | LCC BD313 .A3613 2018 (print) | DDC 111–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018010019
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