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082			_a301.01 _bWIG
100			_aWiggershaus, Rolf
245			_aFrankfurt school : its history, theories and political significance
260			_bPolity Press, _c1994 _aCambridge :
300			_aix, 787 p. ; _c23 cm
365			_b46.75 _cUSD _d78.80
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index. Translation from the German.
520			_aAn account of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School, an influential group of leftist intellectuals, philosophers and social theorists. The book shows how the history of critical theory reflected the intellectual and political history of Germany, from the Weimar Republic to the present day. This widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School - the most important and influential group of leftist intellectuals, philosophers and social theorists in Germany this century. Wiggershaus traces the history of the School from its establishment in the early years of the Weimar Republic, through the period of exile in America, to the post-war phase in Frankfurt and the emergence of a younger generation of critical theorists in the 1960s. He combines biographical profiles of the key figures in the Frankfurt School - including Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Fromm, Neumann, Pollock, Kirchheimer and Habermas - with a rigorous analysis of their main theories and ideas. Through the careful use of documentary material, much of which has only recently become available, Wiggershaus is able to shed new light on internal disputes and controversies among members of the School. The Frankfurt School will be welcomed by students and researchers in the social sciences and philosophy, modern history and German studies, as well as anyone interested in the history and influence of the Frankfurt School.
650			_aFrankfurt school of sociology
650			_aCritical theory
650			_aMarxian school of sociology
650			_aSociology
650			_aGermany
650			_aAdorno,Theodore Wiesengrund
650			_aAnti-Semtism
650			_aBenjamin,Walter
650			_aCapitalism
650			_aEnlightment
650			_aEgoism, the freedom movement
650			_aGerman working class
650			_aHorkheimer,Moses
650			_aJews
650			_a Lowenthal Leo
650			_aMannesmann study
650			_aPolitical awareness
650			_a Psychoanalysis
650			_aSocial research
650			_aTerrorism
650			_aValue-freedom
650			_a Education
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