Dialectic of Enlightenment Reconsidered

The word as applied to the theory of the Frankfurt School applies to the views of capitalism and the Enlightenment in Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno's classic work, . The absence of reference to the specificities of German history and generalizations about modernity in general contained,...

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Published in:New German critique 2012, Vol.39 (3), p.81-89
Main Author: Herf, Jeffrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Critical Theory
Cultural Studies
Dialectic
Disasters
Enlightenment
Frankfurt school
Holocaust
Jewish peoples
Liberalism
Literary Theory
Literature and Literary Studies
Nazism
Reactionaryism
Theory and Philosophy
World wars
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Summary:The word as applied to the theory of the Frankfurt School applies to the views of capitalism and the Enlightenment in Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno's classic work, . The absence of reference to the specificities of German history and generalizations about modernity in general contained, however unintended, an uncritical moment.
ISSN:0094-033X
1558-1462
DOI:10.1215/0094033X-1677273