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Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer are the leading figures of the Frankfurt School and this book is their magnum opus. Dialectic of Enlightenment is one of the most celebrated works of modern social philosophy that continues to impress in its wide-...

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Upplysningens dialektik tillkom mot slutet av andra världskriget på den amerikanska västkusten där de tyska filosoferna Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) och Theodor W Adorno (1903-1969) levde i exil. Mot bakgrund av deras dubbla erfarenhet av nazismen o...

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In his most important work, Max Horkheimer surveys and demonstrates the gradual ascendancy of Reason in Western philosophy, its eventual total application to all spheres of life, and what he considers its present reified domination. First publishe...

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Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second World War and circulated privately, it appeared in a printed edition in Amsterdam in 1947. "What ...

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Max Horkheimer is well known as the director of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research and as a sometime collaborator with Theodor Adorno, especially on their classic Dialectic of Enlightenment. These essays reveal another side of Horkheimer,...

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Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second World War and circulated privately, it appeared in a printed edition in Amsterdam in 1947. "What ...

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Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second World War and circulated privately, it appeared in a printed edition in Amsterdam in 1947. "e;What...

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These essays, written in the 1930s and 1940s, represent a first selection in English from the major work of the founder of the famous Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt. Horkheimer's writings are essential to an understanding of the intell...

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In this book, Horkheimer surveys and demonstrates the gradual ascendancy of Reason in Western philosophy, its eventual total application to all spheres of life, and what he considers its present reified domination.

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text ...

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In Eclipse of Reason, Horkheimer discusses how the Nazis were able to project their agenda as "e;reasonable"e;, but also identifies the Pragmatism of John Dewey as problematic, due to his emphasis on the instrumental dimension of reasoning...

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In his most important work, Max ¿Horkheimer surveys and demonstrates the gradual ascendancy of Reason in Western philosophy, its eventual total application to all spheres of life, and what he considers its present reified domination. First publis...

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In his most important work, Max ¿Horkheimer surveys and demonstrates the gradual ascendancy of Reason in Western philosophy, its eventual total application to all spheres of life, and what he considers its present reified domination. First publis...

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2013 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Eclipse of Reason" discusses how the Nazis were able to project their agenda as "reasonable". It is broken into five sections...

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These essays, written between 1949 and 1967, focus on a single theme: the triumph in the twentieth century of the state-bureaucratic apparatus and 'instrumental reason' and the concomitant liquidation of the individual and the basic soci...

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Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer wrote the central text of "e;critical theory"e;, Dialectic of Enlightenment, a measured critique of the Enlightenment reason that, they argued, had resulted in fascism and totalitarianism. Towards a New Ma...

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These essays, written between 1949 and 1967, focus on a single theme: the triumph in the twentieth century of the state-bureaucratic apparatus and 'instrumental reason' and the concomitant liquidation of the individual and the basic social institu...

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Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer are the leading figures of the Frankfurt School and this book is their magnum opus. Dialectic of Enlightenment is one of the most celebrated works of modern social philosophy that continues to impress in its wide-...

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Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer wrote the central text of "critical theory", Dialectic of Enlightenment, a measured critique of the Enlightenment reason that, they argued, had resulted in fascism and totalitarianism. Towards a New Mani...

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A classic book that analyzes and defines media appeals specific to American pro-fascist and anti-Semite agitators of the 1940s, such as the application of psychosocial manipulation for political ends. The book details psychological deceits that id...

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Das zentrale Werk der Kritischen Theorie der Frankfurter Schule wird 75. Die von Max Horkheimer und Theodor W. Adorno gemeinsam verfasste und 1947 zum ersten Mal im Amsterdamer Querido-Verlag publizierte »Dialektik der Aufklärung« ist der wichtigs...

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Die von Max Horkheimer und Theodor W. Adorno gemeinsam verfasste »Dialektik der Aufklÿrung« ist der wichtigste Text der Kritischen Theorie und zugleich eines der klassischen Werke der Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Philosophische Kritik, Aus...

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Kritische Theorie soll die Gesellschaft emanzipieren, statt sie wie herkömmliche Forschung nur zu erfassen. Die Grundzüge dieser engagierten Wissenschaft skizzierte Horkheimer erstmals in seinem berühmten Aufsatz von 1937 in der »Zeitschrift für S...

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Im Zeitalter der Massenmedien und Konsumorientierung gewinnen philosophische Überlegungen zur Massenkultur neues Gewicht. Theodor W. Adorno und Max Horkheimer sprachen in ihrer »Dialektik der Aufklärung« bereits 1940 von einer Kulturindustrie

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Kritische Theorie soll die Gesellschaft emanzipieren, statt sie wie herkommliche Forschung nur zu erfassen. Die Grundzuge dieser engagierten Wissenschaft skizzierte Horkheimer erstmals in seinem beruhmten Aufsatz von 1937 in der "e;Zeitschrift...

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Unter den Briefwechseln Adornos ist der sich von 1927-1968 erstreckende mit Max Horkheimer nicht nur der umfänglichste, sondern auch der aufschlußreichste für Adornos Biographie und für die interne Arbeit wie die externen Wirkungen des Instituts f...

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Im Mittelpunkt des vierten und letzten Bandes des Briefwechsels zwischen Max Horkheimer und Theodor W. Adorno steht die gemeinsame Verantwortung für die Forschung und Lehre an der Frankfurter Universität und am Institut für Sozialforschung in den ...

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Die Schrift Zur Kritik der instrumentellen Vernunft Eclipse of Reason Dialektik der Aufklärung rekonstruiert wurde: der Untergang einer als »objektiv« begriffenen, wert- und zielsetzenden menschlichen Vernunft. An deren Stelle tritt eine rein fo...

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»[...] in allem Erkennen steckt ein kritisches, ins Wirkliche treibendes Moment. Es verschwindet nur, wenn das Erkennen sich zu Rezept und Propaganda verzerrt.« In diesen Sätzen aus Horkheimers Aufsatz ¿Zum Begriff der Vernunft¿ (1952) erscheint e...

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