Grand Hotel Abyss : the lives of the Frankfurt School
Jeffries, Stuart, 1964-2016
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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.
Main title:
Grand Hotel Abyss : the lives of the Frankfurt School / Stuart Jeffries.
Author:
Jeffries, Stuart, 1964-, author
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2016.
Collation:
440 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781784785680 (hbk)
Dewey class:
301.01
LC class:
HM467
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1804035
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