The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theory and Political Significance Wiggershaus Rolf
This widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritativeaccount of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School - the mostimportant and influential group of leftist intellectuals, philosophers…
Specifikacia The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theory and Political Significance Wiggershaus Rolf
This widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritativeaccount of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School - the mostimportant and influential group of leftist intellectuals, philosophers and social theorists in Germany this century.Wiggershaus traces the history of the School from itsestablishment in the early years of the Weimar Republic, throughthe period of exile in America, to the post-war phase in Frankfurtand the emergence of a younger generation of critical theorists inthe 1960s.He combines biographical profiles of the key figures in theFrankfurt School - including Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Fromm, Neumann, Pollock, Kirchheimer and Habermas - with a rigorousanalysis of their main theories and ideas. Through the careful useof documentary material, much of which has only recently becomeavailable, Wiggershaus is able to shed new