Description
Book SynopsisA history of the Frankfurt School and its impact during its early years in Germany and the United States. This edition includes a new preface which reflects on the continuing relevance of the work of the Frankfurt School.
Table of ContentsPreface to the 1996 Edition
Foreword by Max Horkheimer
Introduction
Acknowledgments
I. The Creation of the Institut fUr Sozialforschung and
Its First Frankfurt Years
2. The Genesis of Critical Theory
3· The Integration of Psychoanalysis
4. The Institut's First Studies of Authority
5. The Institut's Analysis of Nazism
6. Aesthetic Theory and the Critique of Mass Culture
7· The Empirical Work of the Institut in the 1940's
8. Toward a Philosophy of History: The Critique of the
Enlightenment
Epilogue
Chapter References
Bibliography
Index
