Grand Hotel Abyss :
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TextPublication details: London : Verso, 2017Description: 440 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781784785697 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Frankfurt school of sociology -- History -- 20th century | Critical theory -- History -- 20th century | Frankfurt school of sociology -- Biography | Sociologists -- Germany -- Biography | BiographyDDC classification: 301.01 LOC classification: HM467 | .J44 2017Summary: In 1923, a group of young radical German thinkers and intellectuals came together to at Victoria Alle 7, Frankfurt, determined to explain the workings of the modern world. Among the most prominent members of what became the Frankfurt School were the philosophers Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Herbert Marcuse. Not only would they change the way we think, but also the subjects we deem worthy of intellectual investigation. Their lives, like their ideas, profoundly, sometimes tragically, reflected and shaped the shattering events of the 20th century. This book combines biography, philosophy, and storytelling to reveal how the Frankfurt thinkers gathered in hopes of understanding the politics of culture during the rise of fascism.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Books | Main Library Non-Fiction - General Stacks | 301.01 .J471 2016 | Available | 30084 |
Originally published: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 1923, a group of young radical German thinkers and intellectuals came together to at Victoria Alle 7, Frankfurt, determined to explain the workings of the modern world. Among the most prominent members of what became the Frankfurt School were the philosophers Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Herbert Marcuse. Not only would they change the way we think, but also the subjects we deem worthy of intellectual investigation. Their lives, like their ideas, profoundly, sometimes tragically, reflected and shaped the shattering events of the 20th century. This book combines biography, philosophy, and storytelling to reveal how the Frankfurt thinkers gathered in hopes of understanding the politics of culture during the rise of fascism.