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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.
H.M. Horkheimer was born on 9 July 1882 in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Who Pays? (1915), The Power of Evil (1916) and Neal of the Navy (1915).
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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.
Jun 27, 2024 · Max Horkheimer and the Foundations of the Frankfurt School. Search within full text. Get access. Cited by 93. John Abromeit, State University of New York, Buffalo State. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Online publication date: June 2012.
Quick Reference. (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.
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.
Jun 5, 2012 · As Horkheimer would soon make clear, under his direction the Institute would not be dedicated primarily to the history of the workers’ movement and socialist theory, as it had been under Carl Grünberg, but rather to developing a theory of contemporary society.
