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OverviewTheodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer are the leading figures of the Frankfurt School and this book is their magnum opus. Dialectic of Enlightenment is one of the most celebrated works of modern social philosophy that continues to impress in its wide-ranging ambition. Writing just after the Second World War and reflecting on the bureaucracy and myths of National Socialism and the inanity of the dawn of consumerism, Adorno and Horkheimer addressed themselves to a question which went to the very heart of the modern age: 'why mankind, instead of entering into a truly human condition, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism'. Modernity, far from redeeming the promises and hopes of the Enlightenment, had resulted in a stultification of mankind and administered society, characterised by simulation and candy-floss entertainment. Tracing humanity's modern fall to the very rationality that was to be its liberation, the authors exposed the domination and violence that underpin the Enlightenment project. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Max Horkheimer , Theodor Adorno , John CummingPublisher: Verso Books Imprint: Verso Books Weight: 0.362kg ISBN: 9781784786793ISBN 10: 1784786799 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 06 September 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'A classic of twentieth-century thought.' Times Literary Supplement 'A sustained and serious critique of Western civilisation.' Times Higher Education A classic of twentieth-century thought. * Times Literary Supplement * A sustained and serious critique of Western civilization. * Times Higher Education Supplement * Author InformationTheodor Adorno was director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt. His works include Aesthetic Theory and Negative Dialectics. Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) was a philosopher and sociologist of the Frankfurt School. His books include A Critique of Instrumental Reason. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |