Frankfurt School
Britishnoun
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He was a leading member of the "Frankfurt School", a body of thought critical of capitalism from a "new left" perspective distinct from traditional Marxism.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Sakoda’s agent-based modeling innovations are being rediscovered thanks to the research of Rainer Hegselmann, a philosopher and social scientist at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management in Germany.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
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 rejected the Enlightenment’s faith in the ability of reason to lay bare the secrets of the universe.
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
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