Theodor Adorno Quotes About Language
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Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.
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History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.
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The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness, ... sub-language as superior language.
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The metaphysical apologia at least betrayed the injustice of the established order through the incongruence of concept and reality. The impartiality of scientific language deprived what was powerless of the strength to make itself heard and merely provided the existing order with a neutral sign for itself. Such neutrality is more metaphysical than metaphysics.
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Vague expression permits the hearer to imagine whatever suits him and what he already thinks in any case.
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