Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno’s Dialektik der Aufklärung (1944/1947; “Dialectic of Enlightenment,” 2002) is one of the principal works of Critical Theory and of the Frankfurt School (Institute for Social Research). The title also came to be known for its especial negativity in responding to the many political upheavals of the …
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von Wussow, Philipp, “Dialectic of Enlightenment”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 30 November 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0177>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20180401
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