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Involved with the Frankfurt School's third generation, known for his work on social recognition and its role in individual and social development.

A theory posited by Adorno and Horkheimer that suggests culture within a capitalist society resembles an industry producing standardized cultural goods to manipulate the masses and integrate them into the capitalist system.

A principle of Critical Theory, promoting the use of critical thinking to question and challenge all assumptions, particularly those of ideology and technology in capitalist societies.

Critical Theory advocates for a crossing of disciplinary boundaries to fully understand and critique society and to reveal power structures, going beyond the limitations of any single academic discipline.

Contributed to the Frankfurt School's exploration of the culture industry, with a focus on the analysis of mass media, including literature and popular culture.

Critical Theory is skeptical of the claim that the natural sciences can provide a comprehensive framework for understanding human society and denies the strict separation of fact and value.

A term used by Frankfurt School thinkers to describe the way in which material, ideological, and institutional processes in capitalist societies mislead the masses about their true interests.

Influential philosopher and sociologist known for his work on the 'culture industry', the idea that popular culture is akin to a factory producing standardized cultural goods that manipulate mass society.

A cultural critic and philosopher, argued that 'mechanical reproduction' of art changes its effect on the audience and diminishes its 'aura'.

A seminal work by Horkheimer and Adorno, which discusses the self-destructive tendencies of modern society and rationality, including a critique of enlightenment values.

Prominent member of the Frankfurt School, advocated for a form of toleration that rejects oppressive societal norms, and is known for his work on the concept of 'repressive desublimation'.

Director of the Frankfurt School, pivotal in the development of Critical Theory. Believed in interdisciplinary social research and critiqued the instrumental reason.

A concept advanced by Theodor Adorno which suggests that the contradictions of society and culture cannot fully be resolved, but must be expressed as part of the struggle for social change.

The original think tank for the members of the Frankfurt School, which became a leading center for interdisciplinary research and Marxist studies.

Continued the second generation of the Frankfurt School; known for his theory of communicative action and the public sphere.

A social psychologist and psychoanalyst who contributed to the Frankfurt School's understanding of personality systems, social character, and the relationship between society and the individual.

A member of the Frankfurt School known for his work on state capitalism and authoritarianism, as well as his collaboration with Horkheimer on the theory of the Authoritarian State.