The relation between theory and praxis according to Adorno

Abstract

This paper tries to analyse Adomo's conception about the relation between theory and praxis in order to describe the meaning of the autonomy of the theory and of the author. The intention is to show that this theory is against the ativism of the European student movements of the 60's, against the idea of engagement and the general directives of the comunist cultural politics, besides being contrary to the theory of critical realism of Lukács. The autonomy of the theory is connected to the defense of the aesthetical autonomy and to the relations that exist between subject-object in the cognitive activity.