Dialectic of Enlightenment Free Audiobook Download

Author : Theodor W. Adorno

Max Horkheimer (1895–1973) was a prominent figure of the Frankfurt School, a collective of philosophers and social scientists associated with the Institut für Sozialforschung in Frankfurt am Main. Serving as the Institute's director and a Professor of Social Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt during two key periods—1930–1933 and 1949–1958—Horkheimer also led the Institute in exile, primarily in the United States. He is best known for his significant contributions to critical theory, particularly his co-authorship of Dialectic of Enlightenment with Theodor Adorno in the 1940s. However, it is essential to view this influential work within the broader context of Horkheimer's earlier writings from the 1930s, which laid the foundational epistemological and methodological frameworks for Frankfurt School thought. His intellectual legacy continues to resonate, shaping the ideas of later critical theorists like Jürgen Habermas and Axel Honneth.