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Max Horkheimer (GER)

* 14.02.1895
† 07.07.1973 (78 years old)

Max Horkheimer (February 14, 1895 – July 7, 1973) was a German philosopher and sociologist, famous for his work in critical theory as a member of the 'Frankfurt School' of social research. His most important works include The Eclipse of Reason (1947), "Between Philosophy and Social Science" (1930-1938) and, in collaboration with Theodor Adorno, The Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947). Through the Frankfurt School, Horkheimer planned, supported and made other significant works possible.

Selected works:

Authority and the Family (1936)
Traditional and Critical Theory (1937)
Critique of Instrumental Reason (1967) ISBN 978-0-8264-0088-8
Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947) - with Theodor Adorno ISBN 978-0-8264-0093-2
Eclipse of Reason (1947) (orig. 1941 "The End of Reason" Studies in Philosophy and Social Sciences Vol. IX) ISBN 978-1-4437-3041-9
Egoism and the Freedom Movement
The Authoritarian State
The Longing for the Totally Other
Dawn & Decline (1978) ISBN 978-0-8164-9329-6
His collected works have been issued in German as Max Horkheimer Gesammelte Schriften (1985ff). 19 volumes, edited by Alfred Schmidt and Gunzelin Schmid Noerr. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Horkheimer

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