Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) is considered a significant thinker of his time, and his Critical Theory is a central part of the history of science (not just in Germany). But is his critique of the demands of modern society still relevant today? Dirk Braunstein opposes the cultural-industrial, science-political, and pseudo-intellectual dismissal of Adorno's Critical Theory. His investigations into Adorno's concepts of critique, law, economics, materialism, social diagnosis, and society, as well as the teachings of the philosopher and sociologist, also address the question of how these teachings can be adequately represented philologically.