Frankfurt School

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intellectual movement school of social theory and philosophy

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.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Frankfurt School critical theory	0	1
Frankfurt School of critical theory	0	1
Frankfurt School of social theory	0	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intellectual movement → school of social theory and philosophy →
aim	analysis of ideology → critique of modern capitalist society → emancipation from domination →
basedIn	Frankfurt am Main →
country	Germany →
fieldOfWork	aesthetics → epistemology → philosophy of history → political philosophy → social philosophy → sociology of culture →
hasMember	Alfred Schmidt NERFINISHED → 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 → contemporary Marxism → critical pedagogy → critical theory → cultural studies → feminist theory → media studies → political theory → postcolonial theory →
influencedBy	Friedrich Nietzsche → G. W. F. Hegel → György Lukács → surface form: Georg Lukács German idealism → Karl Marx → Max Weber → Sigmund Freud → Western Marxism → psychoanalysis → sociology →
language	English → German →
mainInterest	Marxism → critical theory → critique of authoritarianism → critique of capitalism → cultural criticism → philosophy → social theory →
methodologicalApproach	dialectical method → immanent critique → interdisciplinary research →
movement	Western Marxism → critical theory tradition → Western Marxism → surface form: neo-Marxism
notableIdea	authoritarian personality → 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 → fascism → mass culture → positivism → traditional Marxism → uncritical scientism →
timePeriod	20th century →

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Institute for Social Research → associatedWith → Frankfurt School →

this entity surface form: Frankfurt School of critical theory

Theodor W. Adorno Award → associatedWith → Frankfurt School →

this entity surface form: Frankfurt School of social theory

one-dimensional society → associatedWith → Frankfurt School →

Institute for Social Research → hasPart → Frankfurt School →

Science of Logic → influenced → Frankfurt School →

The Theory of Communicative Action → influencedBy → Frankfurt School →

Institute for Social Research → knownFor → Frankfurt School →

Douglas Kellner → mainInterest → Frankfurt School →

Sophie Wertheim → memberOf → Frankfurt School →

subject surface form: Herbert Marcuse

Axel Honneth → movement → Frankfurt School →

Eros and Civilization → movement → Frankfurt School →

Herbert Marcuse → movement → Frankfurt School →

Jürgen Habermas → movement → Frankfurt School →

Reason and Revolution → movement → Frankfurt School →

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere → movement → Frankfurt School →

Theodor W. Adorno → movement → Frankfurt School →

Walter Benjamin → movement → Frankfurt School →

An Essay on Liberation → philosophicalTradition → Frankfurt School →

Counterrevolution and Revolt → philosophicalTradition → Frankfurt School →

One-Dimensional Man → philosophicalTradition → Frankfurt School →

Western Marxism → relatedTo → Frankfurt School →

Knowledge and Human Interests → theoreticalFramework → Frankfurt School →

this entity surface form: Frankfurt School critical theory