Frankfurt School

British  

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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Frankfurt School

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

The Frankfurt School not only sought to free those oppressed through cultural, economic, and political structures but also sought to free philosophical theory from the chains of oppressive ideologies.

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