ISBN:
9781139023306
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (viii, 268 pages)
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DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Institut für Sozialforschung (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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Geschichte 1900-2000
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Antisemitismus
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Geschichte
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Frankfurt school of sociology / History / 20th century
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Jewish sociologists / Germany / Biography
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Sociology / Germany / History / 20th century
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Antisemitism / Germany / 20th century
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Judentum
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Kritische Theorie
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Deutschland
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Biografie
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Kritische Theorie
;
Judentum
Abstract:
The history of the Frankfurt School cannot be fully told without examining the relationships of Critical Theorists to their Jewish family backgrounds. Jewish matters had significant effects on key figures in the Frankfurt School, including Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, Erich Fromm, Leo Lowenthal and Herbert Marcuse. At some points, their Jewish family backgrounds clarify their life paths; at others, these backgrounds help to explain why the leaders of the School stressed the significance of antisemitism. In the post-Second World War era, the differing relationships of Critical Theorists to their Jewish origins illuminate their distinctive stances toward Israel. This book investigates how the Jewish backgrounds of major Critical Theorists, and the ways in which they related to their origins, impacted upon their work, the history of the Frankfurt School, and differences that emerged among them over time
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Jewish life paths and the Institute of Social Research in the Weimar Republic; 2. The Institute of Social Research and the significance of antisemitism: the exile years; 3. Critical theorists and the state of Israel; 4. Conclusion
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139023306
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139023306
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