Theodor W. Adorno was a German philosopher, sociologist and cultural critic, born in 1903, and a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory whose work has been associated with thinkers including Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm and Herbert Marcuse, for whom the works of Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx and G. W. F. Hegel were essential to a critique of modern society. As a critic of both fascism and what he called the culture industry, he wrote Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947), Minima Moralia (1951) and Negative Dialectics (1966). He died in 1969. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionA leading figure of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, developed a dialectical critique of Enlightenment rationality and the capitalist culture industry's role in mass conformity. 1 Notable WorkDialectic of Enlightenment (1947) 1 Connections
Theories Developed
Theodor W. Adorno, Horkheimer close collaborator at the Frankfurt School, co-developed critical theory, most notably in their jointly authored Dialectic of Enlightenment.
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Theodor W. Adorno was a German philosopher, cultural, and music critic. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has come to be associated with thinkers such as Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse, for whom the works of Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and G. W. F. Hegel were essential to a critique of modern society.
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11 September 1903 - 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, cultural, and music critic. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has come to be associated with thinkers such as Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse, for whom the works of Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and G. W. F. Hegel were essential to a critique of modern society.
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