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

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Die dreißiger und frühen vierziger Jahre waren für Horkheimer eine Zeit von außerordentlicher Produktivität: In rascher Folge verfaßte er diejenigen Texte, die heute als Kernbestand der Kritischen Theorie gelten. Eine entscheidende Rolle spielte d...

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These essays reveal another side of Horkheimer, focusing on his remarkable contributions to critical theory in the 1930s.Max Horkheimer is well known as the director of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research and as a sometime collaborator wit...

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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 publishe...

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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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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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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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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 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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The twentieth century triumph of the state-bureaucratic apparatus.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 conc...

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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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"e;The Frankfurt School knew Trump was coming"e; - The New YorkerMax Horkheimer, founder and long-time director of the famous Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, was professor emeritus of philosophy and sociology at the University ...

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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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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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Erstmals 1947 unter dem Titel "Eclipse of Reason" erschienen, ist dieses Buch ein Schlüsseltext der Kritischen Theorie. Entfaltet wird ein historischer Prozess, der bereits in der thematisch eng verwandten Dialektik der Aufklärung rekons...

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Band 1 der Gesammelten Schriften Literarisch sind die Novellen dem Jugendstil und dem Expressionismus verpflichtet, jedoch werden auch schon, trotz Sinnlichkeit und Fabulierlust, die didaktischen Züge des späteren Werks

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(Band 3: Schriften 1931-1936) Die Bände 3 und 4 der Gesammelten Schriften enthalten die zwischen 1931 und 1941 entstandenen und von Horkheimer selbst publizierten Aufsätze und Vorträge. In diesem Jahrzehnt - das sowohl den Erscheinungszeitraum d...

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