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Frankfurt School

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noun

  1. philosophy a school of thought, founded at the University of Frankfurt in 1923 by Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and others, derived from Marxist, Freudian, and Hegelian theory

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Along with Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno, he became a leading exponent of the Frankfurt School.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

Sascha Steffen, a professor of finance at Germany’s Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, said “having such a huge bank isn’t necessarily bad,” pointing to efficiencies.

From Seattle Times Mar. 31, 2023

After the end of World War II, some of the Frankfurt School intellectuals returned to West Germany while others remained in the United States.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

Frankfurt School philosopher Max Horkheimer famously wrote a critique of instrumental reason, in which Horkheimer argued that science could be co-opted if it was not consciously guided by those practicing it.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2022

“Different visions of low-carbon transition made it up to the political agenda,” said Alexander Lehmann, head of the Sustainable World Academy at Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

From New York Times Jan. 2, 2022

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