Reconstructing the philosophy of T.W. Adorno, this book offers a critical theory of the human/animal distinction and its relation to politics.

Caleb J. Basnett holds a PhD in political science from York University.

"Caleb J. Basnett puts forward a novel and compelling interpretation of Adorno. Comparing and contrasting Adorno’s theory of the subject with competing approaches and responses to humanism, Adorno, Politics, and the Aesthetic Animal will be relevant to a broader audience that goes beyond scholars who study Adorno from an ethical and political perspective."

Diego Rossello, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University Adolfo Ibáñez:

"Adorno, Politics, and the Aesthetic Animal is an engaging, thorough, and suggestive analysis on the relation between the question of the animal and the political. Caleb J. Basnett shows a good command of the state of the art in Adorno scholarship, and presents an original argument regarding the role of the animal and animality in Adorno’s often elusive political philosophy."

Antonio Y. Vázquez-Arroyo, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University:

"In the most original treatment of Adorno by a political theorist to date, Caleb J. Basnett places the figure of the animal at the centre of a highly suggestive reading of the vexing role of the human in the work of this seminal thinker. At once bold and subtle, Adorno, Politics, and the Aesthetic Animal pointedly reflects on the challenges for any politics of ‘humanity’ today."