Frankfurt School
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The Frankfurt School was a group of 20th-century German social theorists and philosophers associated with critical theory, Marxism, and critiques of modern capitalist and authoritarian societies.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intellectual movement
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school of social theory and philosophy ⓘ |
| aim |
analysis of ideology
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critique of modern capitalist society ⓘ emancipation from domination ⓘ |
| basedIn | Frankfurt am Main ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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epistemology ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ sociology of culture ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alfred Schmidt
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Erich Fromm ⓘ Franz Neumann ⓘ Friedrich Pollock ⓘ Herbert Marcuse ⓘ Jürgen Habermas ⓘ Leo Löwenthal ⓘ Max Horkheimer ⓘ Oskar Negt ⓘ Theodor W. Adorno ⓘ Walter Benjamin ⓘ |
| hasPart | Institute for Social Research ⓘ |
| influenced |
communication studies
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contemporary Marxism ⓘ critical pedagogy ⓘ critical theory ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ media studies ⓘ political theory ⓘ postcolonial theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ György Lukács ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Lukács
German idealism ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Max Weber ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ Western Marxism ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| language |
English
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German ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Marxism
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critical theory ⓘ critique of authoritarianism ⓘ critique of capitalism ⓘ cultural criticism ⓘ philosophy ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| methodologicalApproach |
dialectical method
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immanent critique ⓘ interdisciplinary research ⓘ |
| movement |
Western Marxism
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critical theory tradition ⓘ Western Marxism ⓘ
surface form:
neo-Marxism
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| notableIdea |
authoritarian personality
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communicative rationality ⓘ culture industry ⓘ dialectic of enlightenment ⓘ immanent critique ⓘ instrumental reason ⓘ Negative Dialectics ⓘ
surface form:
negative dialectics
one-dimensional society ⓘ public sphere ⓘ |
| notableWork | critical theory ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
authoritarianism
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fascism ⓘ mass culture ⓘ positivism ⓘ traditional Marxism ⓘ uncritical scientism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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Frankfurt School of critical theory
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Herbert Marcuse
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Frankfurt School critical theory
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Frankfurt School of social theory
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Frankfurt School of critical theory
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Frankfurt School (circle)
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Critique of instrumental reason
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Frankfurt Institute for Social Research