Max Horkheimer
1895 – 1973 German philosopher, sociologist
Director of the Frankfurt School who coined the term critical theory.
- Religion
- Of Jewish background; a secular social philosopher.
- Affiliations
- The Frankfurt School, which he directed.
Max Horkheimer led the Institute for Social Research and gave critical theory its name and program: a social theory aimed at critique and change rather than mere description. He co-wrote Dialectic of Enlightenment with Adorno, guided the Institute through its exile in America, and rebuilt it in postwar Frankfurt.
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- 1947 Dialectic of Enlightenment mentioned