Revisiting the Frankfurt School : essays on culture, media and theory / edited by David Berry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berry, David, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frankfurt school of sociology.

Culture--Philosophy.

Culture.

Critical theory.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

What has become known as the Frankfurt School is often reduced to a small number of theorists in media communication and cultural studies. Challenging this limitation, Revisiting The Frankfurt School introduces a wider theoretical perspective by introducing critical assessments on a number of writers associated with the school that have been mostly marginalized from debate. This book therefore expands our understanding by addressing the writings of intellectuals who were either members of the school, or were closely associated with it, but often neglected. It thus brings together the latest research of an international team of experts to examine the work of figures such as the social psychologist Erich Fromm, the philosophy of Siegfried Kracauer, the writer on media and communication Leo Lowenthal, introducing Hans Magnus Enzenberger to the debate, whilst also shedding new light on the work of Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Walter Benjamin and Jürgen Habermas. A critical reassessment of the contributions of the Frankfurt School and its associates to cultural, media and communication studies, as well as to our modern understanding of new media technology and debate within the public sphere, this book will appeal to those with interests in sociology, philosophy, social psychology, social theory, media and communication, and cultural studies.

Contents:

Siegfried Kracauer: critical observations on the discreet charm the metropolis

Walter Benjamin in the intellectual field

Herbert Marcuse and the politics of negationism

Max Horkheimer: issues concerning liberalism and culture

Theodor Adorno and Dallas Smythe: culture industry/consciousness

Hans Magnus Enzensberger and the politics of new media technology

Jürgen Habermas: the modern media and the public sphere

The legacy of Leo Lowenthal: culture and communication

On Erich Fromm: why he left the Frankfurt School.

Notes:

First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4094-9517-5

9786613382726

1-283-38272-5

1-315-60627-5

1-4094-1181-8

1-317-06351-1

1-317-06352-X

9781315606279

OCLC:

1011206254