The Frankfurt School, Jewish Lives, and Antisemitism

by Jack Jacobs

Book Overview

The history of the Frankfurt School cannot be fully told without examining the relationships of Critical Theorists to their Jewish family backgrounds. Jewish matters had significant effects on key figures in the Frankfurt School, including Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, Erich Fromm, Leo Lowenthal and Herbert Marcuse. At some points, their Jewish family backgrounds clarify their life paths; at others, these backgrounds help to explain why the leaders...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521730279
• ISBN13: 9780521730273
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"