ON ADORNO'S HUMANIST IDEAL
Adorno's humanist ideal is a utopian image of the free being of people, involving reconciliation of nature and the self. The philosopher believes that it is located in the deep layers of the human psyche, as a recollection of the state that existed at the dawn of the human history. Adorno's humanist ideal is different from others in its collectivist orientation and departure from anthropocentrism. The Frankfurt theorist revises the idea that providing conditions for creative self-identity involves domination over nature. He declares the idea of the integrity of human existence and nature which is consonant with the position of ecological humanism.