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ISBN: 9780745616216
Year: 1995
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 800
Description:
This widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritative
account of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School - the most
important and influential group of leftist intellectuals,
philosophers and social theorists in Germany this century.
Wiggershaus traces the history of the School from its
establishment in the early years of the Weimar Republic, through
the period of exile in America, to the post-war phase in Frankfurt
and the emergence of a younger generation of critical theorists in
the 1960s.
He combines biographical profiles of the key figures in the
Frankfurt School - including Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse,
Fromm, Neumann, Pollock, Kirchheimer and Habermas - with a rigorous
analysis of their main theories and ideas. Through the careful use
of documentary material, much of which has only recently become
available, Wiggershaus is able to shed new light on internal
disputes and controversies among members of the School.
The Frankfurt School will be welcomed by students and
researchers in the social sciences and philosophy, modern history
and German studies, as well as anyone interested in the history and
influence of the Frankfurt School.
ISBN: 9780745616216
Year: 1995
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 800
Description:
This widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritative
account of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School - the most
important and influential group of leftist intellectuals,
philosophers and social theorists in Germany this century.
Wiggershaus traces the history of the School from its
establishment in the early years of the Weimar Republic, through
the period of exile in America, to the post-war phase in Frankfurt
and the emergence of a younger generation of critical theorists in
the 1960s.
He combines biographical profiles of the key figures in the
Frankfurt School - including Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse,
Fromm, Neumann, Pollock, Kirchheimer and Habermas - with a rigorous
analysis of their main theories and ideas. Through the careful use
of documentary material, much of which has only recently become
available, Wiggershaus is able to shed new light on internal
disputes and controversies among members of the School.
The Frankfurt School will be welcomed by students and
researchers in the social sciences and philosophy, modern history
and German studies, as well as anyone interested in the history and
influence of the Frankfurt School.