Necessary, but not sufficient: on the role of the critique of economy in Theodor W. Adorno’s late critical theory

Diversos intérpretes da obra de Theodor W. Adorno sugerem que a crítica da racionalidade instrumental substituiu a crítica do capitalismo no desenvolvimento de sua obra, principalmente por causa da adoção do diagnóstico acerca do surgimento do capitalismo de Estado proposto por Friedrich Pollock. Neste artigo questiono a aceitação por parte de Adorno, ao menos em sua obra tardia, de tal diagnóstico e mostro que a crítica do capitalismo não foi substituída pela crítica da razão, e sim complementada.Many different interpreters of Theodor W. Adorno's work suggest that the critique of instrumental rationality has replaced the critique of capitalism in the development of his work, mainly because of the adoption of the diagnosis about the emergence of state capitalism, which was proposed by Friedrich Pollock. In this paper, I question the acceptance by Adorno, at least in his later work, of such diagnosis and show that the critique of capitalism was not replaced by the critique of reason, but complemented by it