Max Horkheimer (February 14, 1895 – July 7, 1973) was a German philosopher and sociologist. He is well known for being a leader in the Frankfurt School, for his work with critical theory and his most important works: The Eclipse of Reason (1947), The Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947) and Critical Theory: Selected Essays (1972). Through the Frankfurt School, Horkheimer also planned, supported and made other works possible.
Horkheimer was born in S...
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Max Horkheimer (February 14, 1895 – July 7, 1973) was a German philosopher and sociologist. He is well known for being a leader in the Frankfurt School, for his work with critical theory and his most important works: The Eclipse of Reason (1947), The Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947) and Critical Theory: Selected Essays (1972). Through the Frankfurt School, Horkheimer also planned, supported and made other works possible.
Horkheimer was born in Stuttgart to a wealthy, Jewish family. Due to parental pressure, Horkheimer left secondary school at the age of sixteen to work in his father's factory. In 1916, his manufacturing career ended and he was drafted into World War I. After World War I, he enrolled at Munich University, where he studied philosophy and psychology. After university, Horkheimer moved to Frankfurt am Main, where he studied under Hans Cornelius. There, he met Theodor Adorno, several years his junior, with whom he would strike a lasting friendship and a fruitful...
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