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Max Horkheimer (/ ˈ h ɔːr k h aɪ m ər /; German: [ˈhɔɐ̯kˌhaɪmɐ]; 14 February 1895 – 7 July 1973) was a Jewish-German philosopher and sociologist who was famous for his work in critical theory as a member of the Frankfurt School of social research.
Jun 24, 2009 · Max Horkheimer (1895–1973) was a leader of the “Frankfurt School,” a group of philosophers and social scientists associated with the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute of Social Research) in Frankfurt am Main.
Jul 3, 2024 · Max Horkheimer was a German philosopher who, as director of the Institute for Social Research (1930–41; 1950–58), developed an original interdisciplinary movement, known as critical theory, that combined Marxist-oriented political philosophy with social and cultural analysis informed by empirical.
Dec 12, 2023 · Max Horkheimer outlined the original research agenda for the Frankfurt School in his 1931 inaugural lecture upon becoming director of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt (founded in 1923). He proposed an interdisciplinary research program combining philosophy and social theory with psychology, political economy, and cultural analysis ...
Dec 16, 2023 · Max Horkheimer (1895–1973) played a very important role in the Frankfurt School tradition of thought. As head of the Institute for Social Research in 1930, he set the theoretical program to guide the research in various disciplines (philosophy, sociology, art theory, or psychoanalysis) by thinkers such as Adorno, Pollock, Fromm, Löwenthal ...
(1895–1973) Germanphilosopher and one of the founders of the Frankfurt School. Horkheimer was a superb organizer, who did an enormous amount behind the scenes to facilitate the research of the Frankfurt School scholars both in Germany and the US.
Jul 30, 2014 · Max Horkheimer (b. 1895–d. 1973) is one of the primary figures associated with the “Frankfurt School,” which is the name commonly given to the philosophers, social scientists, and other researchers associated with the Institute of Social Research in Frankfurt.
This book is the first comprehensive intellectual biography of Max Horkheimer during the early and middle phases of his life (1895–1941). Drawing on unexamined new sources, John Abromeit describes the critical details of Horkheimer's intellectual development.
Jun 8, 2018 · Max Horkheimer [1] (hôrk´hī´mər, hôr´kī´–), 1895–1973, German philosopher and sociologist. As director (1930–58) of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, he played an important role in the development of critical theory and Western Marxism.
Notes to Max Horkheimer. 1. The claim that Horkheimer developed the theoretical orientation of the Frankfurt School does not mean that he is responsible for the philosophical and theoretical orientations of all of the Institute’s individual members.
