One of the core texts of critical theory, Dialectic of Enlightenment explores the socio-psychological status quo that had been responsible for what the Frankfurt School considered the failure of …

Apr 28, 2019 · Adorno and Horkheimer see the self-destruction of Western reason as grounded in a historical and fateful dialectic between the domination of external nature and society. They …

Mar 13, 2007 · Adorno and Horkheimer see the self-destruction of Western reason as grounded in a historical and fateful dialectic between the domination of external nature and society. They …

In Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947), Horkheimer and Adorno argued that the celebration of reason by thinkers of the 18th-century Enlightenment had led to the development of …

Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) is a foundational philosophical critique that explores the contradictions and unintended consequences of …

Dec 24, 2019 · The self-preserving imperative is fundamental to the Dialectic of Enlightenment. Adorno and Horkheimer identified that “Spinoza’s proposition: ‘the endeavor of preserving …

Dialectic of Enlightenment is, quite justifiably, one of the most celebrated and often cited works of modern social philosophy. It has been identified as the keystone of the 'Frankfurt School',...

May 25, 2025 · Written during World War II, Dialektik der Aufklärung (1944), translated as The Dialectic of Enlightenment (1972), is primarily concerned to understand how a country like …

Jan 24, 2022 · Dialectic of Enlightenment. The book by Horkheimer and Adorno, published in 1947, became the early poster work of the Frankfurt School and its criticism of capitalist …

Oct 13, 2023 · Analyzes Horkheimer and Adorno's view of human history as a tension between enlightenment and myth/barbarism, critiquing the enlightenment's instrumental rationality and …