A German philosopher, sociologist and musicologist, among the leading figures of the Frankfurt School's first generation. With Max Horkheimer he co-authored Dialectic of Enlightenment, tracing how the Enlightenment's own instrumental rationality could curdle into new forms of domination, including fascism and standardized mass culture; his later Negative Dialectics argued against any philosophical system that resolves the particular fully into the concept that names it.
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Notable PublicationDialectic of Enlightenment (1944/1947); Negative Dialectics (1966) 2 TraditionFrankfurt School, Critical Theory 2 Theodor W. Adorno
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1. Wikipedia: Theodor W. Adorno
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Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and Informations.v. Theodor W. Adorno
Although less well known among anglophone philosophers than many of his contemporaries, such as Hans-Georg Gadamer, Adorno had even greater influence on scholars and intellectuals in postwar Germany.
- Associated With: Frankfurt School
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- Influenced By: Max Horkheimer
- Works Attributed: Dialectic of Enlightenment
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