<p>This is the definitive study of the history and accomplishments of the Frankfurt School. It offers elegantly written portraits of the major figures in the school's history as well as overviews of the various positions and directions they developed from the founding years just after World War I until the death of Theodor Adorno in 1969.The book is based on documentary and biographical materials that have only recently become available. As the narrative follows the Institute for Social Research from Frankfurt am Main to Geneva, New York, and Los Angeles, and then back to Frankfurt, Wiggershaus continually ties the evolution of the school to the changing intellectual and political contexts in which it operated. He also interweaves these accounts with incisive summaries of substantive works by Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Fromm, Kirchheimer, Lowenthal, Marcuse, Neumann, Pollock, and Habermas.The book is self-contained and can serve as a general introduction to critical theory, but it a</p>

The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theories, and Political Significance (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)

Politics & Social Sciences

Wiggershaus, Rolf

Social Sciences

Mit Pr

<p>This is the definitive study of the history and accomplishments of the Frankfurt School. It offers elegantly written portraits of the major figures in the school's history as well as overviews of the various positions and directions they developed from the founding years just after World War I until the death of Theodor Adorno in 1969.The book is based on documentary and biographical materials that have only recently become available. As the narrative follows the Institute for Social Research from Frankfurt am Main to Geneva, New York, and Los Angeles, and then back to Frankfurt, Wiggershaus continually ties the evolution of the school to the changing intellectual and political contexts in which it operated. He also interweaves these accounts with incisive summaries of substantive works by Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Fromm, Kirchheimer, Lowenthal, Marcuse, Neumann, Pollock, and Habermas.The book is self-contained and can serve as a general introduction to critical theory, but it also has a wealth of new material to offer those who are familiar with this tradition but would like to learn more about its history and context.Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought</p>

History

Europe

The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theory and Political Significance

Biographies & Memoirs

Polity

Die Frankfurter Schule: Geschichte, theoretische Entwicklung, politische Bedeutung (German Edition)

C. Hanser

Jürgen Habermas.

Philosophy

Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verla

Éste es el estudio más completo publicado hasta ahora sobre la denominada Escuela de Fráncfort, programa de reflexión filosófica, investigación social y orientación política vinculada a Theodor W. Adorno, Mark Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm y Jürgen Habermas. El autor estudia los orígenes y desarrollo de ésta, los debates que la caracterizaron, sus dificultades en el exilio americano, su retorno a Europa, su institucionalización, recepción y creciente influencia en el debate académico y político en las últimas décadas.

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