German 20th-Century Philosophy: The Frankfurt School (German Library) [Hardcover]

T. W. Adorno (Author), M. Horkheimer (Author), Wolfgang Schirmacher (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0826409660 | ISBN-13: 978-0826409669 | Publication Date: February 2000

This work contains writings by members of the Frankfurt School, including: "On the Concept of Philosophy" by Max Horkheimer; "Reflections from Damaged Life" and selections from "Aesthetic Theory" by Theodor W. Adorno; "Theses on the Philosophy of History" by Walter Benjamin; "On Hedonism", "Solidarity", and "The Catastrophe of Liberation" by Herbert Marcuse; and "Adorno: The Primal History of Subjectivity", "Benjamin: Conciousness-Raising or Raising Technique", and "Marcuse: Psychic Thermidor" by Jurgen Habermas.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The Frankfurt School remains a puzzle, its flickering importance hard to assess. In the Sixties, Herbert Marcuse became the darling of antiwar protesters; central figure Theodor Adorno fled in horror when his lectures were invaded by bare-breasted women protesting his "patriarchate"; and with aesthetics and politics again linked, Walter Benjamin has sparked much recent discussion. These very different thinkers were organized into a functioning group by Max Horkheimer, an academic administrator with remarkable fundraising skills. All were inspired by a Marx whom they related closely to Hegel, and all used some ideas and jargon from the phenomenological movement. Their chief remaining spokesman, J rgen Habermas, once Adorno's assistant, now preaches a kind of gentled capitalism that could be applauded by Gerhard Schroeder or Tony Blair. Schirmacher (German Socialist Philosophy) provides a brief but lucid introduction, and his selections raise the most central topics. A useful work for almost all academic and larger general collections.
-Leslie Armour, Univ. of Ottawa, Ont.
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The Frankfurt School remains a puzzle, its flickering importance hard to assess. In the Sixties, Herbert Marcuse became the darling of antiwar protesters; central figure Theodor Adorno fled in horror when his lectures were invaded by bare-breasted women protesting his "patriarchate"; and with aesthetics and politics again linked, Walter Benjamin has sparked much recent discussion. These very different thinkers were organized into a functioning group by Max Horkheimer, an academic administrator with remarkable fundraising skills. All were inspired by a Marx whom they related closely to Hegel, and all used some ideas and jargon from the phenomenological movement. Their chief remaining spokesman, J rgen Habermas, once Adorno's assistant, now preaches a kind of gentled capitalism that could be applauded by Gerhard Schroeder or Tony Blair. Schirmacher (German Socialist Philosophy) provides a brief but lucid introduction, and his selections raise the most central topics. A useful work for almost all academic and larger general collections. (Library Journal ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 324 pages
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826409660
• ISBN-13: 978-0826409669
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
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