In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than the glorification… — Theodor Adorno
In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than the glorification of the splendid system that makes them so.
In the original German
Die Glorifizierung der prächtigen underdogs läuft auf die des prächtigen Systems heraus, das sie dazu macht.
Minima Moralia · 1951
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Adorno, Theodor. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life, translated by E. F. N. Jephcott. Verso, 2020.
Original citation
Adorno, Theodor. Minima Moralia: Reflexionen aus dem beschädigten Leben [Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life]. Suhrkamp Verlag, 1951.