Ideologies / Orthodox Marxist / Max Horkheimer
§ The minds · 1895–1973 · Germany · Philosopher
Max Horkheimer
Traditional and critical theory
Director of the Frankfurt School.
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The director of the Institute for Social Research who defined 'critical theory' and, with Adorno, diagnosed the self-destruction of Enlightenment reason under capitalism.
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Progressive humanist of the critical tradition.
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Common ownership as the unrealised promise of reason.
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Critique of domination in every institutional form.
Notable for
- Coined 'critical theory'
- Led the Frankfurt School
- Co-wrote 'Dialectic of Enlightenment'
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