For the first time in Russian, a book by the eminent 20th-century German thinker Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) is being published. It was written during his exile in World War II and in the early years following its conclusion. Titled in analogy to Aristotle's "Magna Moralia," this book is not a systematic philosophical work but rather a collection of sharply critical fragments.

Both the content and form of these fragments reflect Adorno's bleak perspective on late-capitalist society, where human experience is fragmented, scattered, and loses all points of reference.