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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Max Horkheimer"”.
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Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, . . . and C. S. Lewis? Two Revolutionary Philosophical, Moral, and Cultural Critiques
… C. S. Lewis’ The Abolition of Man (1944) and Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944). Written during, and greatly influenced by, the horrors of WWII, both works attempt a theoretically rigorous and substantive account of the seemingly precarious state of …
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Hacks/Müller: Zur Selbstbestimmung der DDR-Dramatik in Bezug auf die literarische Tradition und sozialistische Gegenwart
… (including his cultural materialism), as well as Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno (Critical Theory). Furthermore, the dissertation deals with the idea of metatheatre, and it discusses elements of metadrama (Karin Vieweg-Marks) in the selected plays. The symbolic boundaries of research are the …
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«Η ανθρώπινη αξία ανάμεσα στο Ιερό, την Ευπάθεια και τη Διαλεκτική του Διαφωτισμού: Μια σύγκριση της Σιμόν Βέιλ, της Τζούντιθ Butler και της κριτικής των Τέοντορ Αντόρνο και Μαξ Χορκχάιμερ»
… και την κριτική ανάλυση των Theodor Adorno και Max Horkheimer. Κεντρικός άξονας της έρευνας είναι ο τρόπος με τον οποίο το υποκείμενο τοποθετείται ανάμεσα στην ιερότητα της ύπαρξης, τη θεμελιώδη ευπάθεια (vulnerability) και τις αλλοτριωτικές δυνάμεις που περιγράφονται στη «Διαλεκτική του …
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The Economic Theories of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, 1923-1945
… decided to step down and the social philosopher Max Horkheimer took over. Despite the Institute’s substantial contributions to economic theory during both directorships, the remarkable work of its economists has been overshadowed by the pronounced and widespread focus on its philosophers and …
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How Hollywood Stole My Identity: African American Representation in the films Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Get Out
… The works of James Baldwin, Theodor Adorno, and Max Horkheimer provide the theoretical background to this discussion of race as an element of identity, as well as within the framework of a culture industry. The second chapter explores the transition from Old Hollywood to New Hollywood, embodied …
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Freedom, Music and the RIAA: How the Recording Industry Association of America Shapes Culture by De-politicizing Music
… increasingly consolidated among fewer companies. Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno described how the commodifying forces of the music industry lead to a predictable formulaic music that lacks any critical approach to society in their groundbreaking book, first published in 1944, Dialectic of …
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Stylizing, Commodifying, and Disciplining Real Bodies: An Examination of WWE Wrestling
… industry, developed by Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer, to understand WWE wrestling. I examine how the WWE thoroughly stylizes its products to attract fans and condition them to repeat the same calculable reactions. However, contemporary fans often refuse to react as the WWE wants them …
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Tensions Of Violence, Social Harm, And Profit: An Examination Of The National Football League
… Loic Wacquant, Norbert Elias, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Harry Braverman employed in order to explain the dynamic and tentative relationship between power, profit and culture within the socioeconomic and political climate of contemporary society. In addition, this thesis features an …