Diese erste zusammenfassende Darstellung der Geschichte der Frankfurter Schule aus den Jahren 1923 bis 1950 zeichnet die politische ebenso wie die wissenschaftliche Entwicklung des Instituts auf. Der Verfasser hatte Zugang zu bis dahin unbekannt gebliebenen Dokumenten und Briefen. Daneben vermittelten Gespräche mit über 20 wichtigen Gestalten der Institutsgeschichte intime Kenntnisse der vielfältigen Institutsarbeiten sowie der inneren und äußeren Probleme des Instituts und der wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzungen mit Gegnern und in den eigenen Reihen. Jay rückt mit seiner differenzierten Arbeit die Frankfurter Schule und die keineswegs uniformen Positionen ihrer Vertreter in ein klares Licht und erschwert es den Kritikern – von rechts wie von links –, allzu leichtfertig beim Etikettieren dieser wichtigen Gruppe von Intellektuellen zu verfahren.
A laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth century. Its political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our age. The Weimar Republic Sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of Weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any language. It invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in Germany before Hitler's rise to power.Drawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in English), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social life. Its thirty chapters explore Germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "New Woman," Bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of Jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascism.While devoting much attention to the Republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the Frankfurt School, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographies. This will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, German, and women's studies.
Exploring the complex relationship between the origins of ideas and their perceived validity, this collection of essays delves into the field of intellectual history. The author, a prominent scholar, presents innovative perspectives on how ideas are created, shared, and critiqued, shedding light on a crucial aspect of modern thought. The work invites readers to reconsider the significance of intellectual discourse and its impact on contemporary issues.
Long considered 'the noblest of the senses', vision has increasingly come
under critical scrutiny by a wide range of thinkers who question its dominance
in Western culture. This work discusses the theory of vision from Plato to
Descartes, and considers its role in the French Enlightenment before turning
to its status in the culture of modernity.
Focusing on original sources, including unpublished papers from the Center for Dewey Studies, this book provides a comprehensive account of the life and contributions of a prominent American philosopher and education reformer. It explores his pragmatic philosophy, literary impact, and the historical context surrounding his work, offering insights into his influence on education and thought in America.
Amid a Second Civil War in an alternate future, wounded infantryman Nick Carson flees the battlefield, branded a coward and marked for death. His perilous journey across a devastated America leads him through a landscape of destruction, where power plants are in ruins and cities lie in darkness. The narrative delves into the chaos that ensues when societal structures collapse, examining the struggle for survival in a lawless world.
Dr. Jay Martin, the most successful men's soccer coach in NCAA history, shares his secrets to success in this book. He emphasizes that players improve each other, while coaches create motivating and challenging environments. Through nine lessons, he outlines how to build a sustainable winning team culture.
The Frankfurt School's own legacy is best preserved by exercising an immanent
critique of its premises and the conclusions to which they often led. By
distinguishing between what is still and what is no longer alive in Critical
Theory, these essays seek to demonstrate its continuing relevance in the 21st
century.
