Ruth Groff writes about the metaphysical infrastructure of social, political and moral thought and of theories of agency. She teaches at Saint Louis University, USA.

Ruth Groff should be congratulated for bringing together these seminal texts from the 'inner circle' of the Frankfurt School. They shed light on the purposes of critical theory and its salience for the present. Professor Groff has done the entire intellectual community an important service.

• IntroductionPreface Epistemology 1. Horkheimer, Means and Ends2. Marcuse, Industrialization and Capitalism in the Work of Max Weber3. Horkheimer, On the Problem of Truth4. Marcuse, A Note on Dialectic5. Adorno, Negative Dialectics selections Ontology6. Marcuse, The Concept of Essence7. Adorno, Subject and Object8. Adorno, Negative Dialectics selections Method9. Horkheimer, Traditional and Critical Theory & Postscript10. Horkheimer, The Latest Attack on Metaphysics11. Marcuse, Philosophy and Critical TheoryIndex

Ruth Groff writes about the metaphysical infrastructure of social, political and moral thought and of theories of agency. She teaches at Saint Louis University, USA.

Ruth Groff should be congratulated for bringing together these seminal texts from the 'inner circle' of the Frankfurt School. They shed light on the purposes of critical theory and its salience for the present. Professor Groff has done the entire intellectual community an important service.

• IntroductionPreface Epistemology 1. Horkheimer, Means and Ends2. Marcuse, Industrialization and Capitalism in the Work of Max Weber3. Horkheimer, On the Problem of Truth4. Marcuse, A Note on Dialectic5. Adorno, Negative Dialectics selections Ontology6. Marcuse, The Concept of Essence7. Adorno, Subject and Object8. Adorno, Negative Dialectics selections Method9. Horkheimer, Traditional and Critical Theory & Postscript10. Horkheimer, The Latest Attack on Metaphysics11. Marcuse, Philosophy and Critical TheoryIndex

Ruth Groff writes about the metaphysical infrastructure of social, political and moral thought and of theories of agency. She teaches at Saint Louis University, USA.

Ruth Groff should be congratulated for bringing together these seminal texts from the 'inner circle' of the Frankfurt School. They shed light on the purposes of critical theory and its salience for the present. Professor Groff has done the entire intellectual community an important service.

• IntroductionPreface Epistemology 1. Horkheimer, Means and Ends2. Marcuse, Industrialization and Capitalism in the Work of Max Weber3. Horkheimer, On the Problem of Truth4. Marcuse, A Note on Dialectic5. Adorno, Negative Dialectics selections Ontology6. Marcuse, The Concept of Essence7. Adorno, Subject and Object8. Adorno, Negative Dialectics selections Method9. Horkheimer, Traditional and Critical Theory & Postscript10. Horkheimer, The Latest Attack on Metaphysics11. Marcuse, Philosophy and Critical TheoryIndex