Horkheimer
Britishnoun
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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
Horkheimer and others criticized Kant and Enlightenment philosophy as abstract, irrelevant, or in the worst case, enabling the oppression that occurred since Kant’s time.
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
One of this book’s epigrams is from Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno.
From New York Times • May 2, 2022
Poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht, composer Hanns Eisler and philosopher Max Horkheimer had recently left the area.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
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