2nd Edition

The Frankfurt School and its Critics

By The late Tom Bottomore Copyright 2003
96 Pages
by Routledge

94 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

The Institute of Social Research, from which the Frankfurt School developed, was founded in the early years of the Weimar Republic. It survived the Nazi era in exile, to become an important centre of social theory in the postwar era. Early members of the school, such as Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse, developed a form of Marxist theory known as Critical Theory, which became influential in the... Read more
1. The Formation of the School 2. The High Tide of Critical Theory 3. Decline and Renewal 4.Conclusion: A critical assessment of the critics 5. Biographical Notes on the Some Leading Members of the School 6. Suggestions for Further Reading 7. Index

Biography

The late Tom Bottomore