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The mere prospect of reviewing Eclipse of Reason is rather terrifying… In this short yet dense book, Horkheimer makes the distinction between subjective and objective reason. Subjective reason being concerned with ends, i.e., whether a certain procedure is adequate to achieve the goal we have in mind Leggi tutto

Video Review here Horkheimer's saying that before the war, philosophical movements central to German-speaking countries changed reason from a 'way of knowing' to a 'motive for doing'. People didn't say 'I logically infer this is possible using reason', but rather, 'I have a reason to do this'. This s Leggi tutto

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE! In this important work, which explains the Frankfurt School doctrines, Horkheimer tries to answer the following question: The present potentialities of social achievement surpass the expectations of all the philosophers and statesmen who have ever outli Leggi tutto

A quiet little text, but probably one of the more significant foundational documents of the Frankfurt School, here by the most frankfurty of the bunch. (Marcuse, Fromm, and Adorno are all more famous, but this guy captures the Frankfurt principle best, I think.) Five essays. First is an argument reg Leggi tutto

Poglavlja ove knjige su poput stepenica, gde svaki korak vodi na novi sprat, krcat raskošnim pokućstvom. Treba kondicije da bi se stiglo do vrha, ali doći do njega je prava privilegija, oslobađanje i radost za um. Horkhajmerov kolos je veličanstven u svom obuhvatu. „Pomračenje uma” predstavlja zapra Leggi tutto

Bunalım...Disiplinlerin gerçek anlamda sürüklendikleri akıl tutulmalarından yaşadıkları bunalım. Karşı mevzilerde olmak, çatışmalı, tamamen farklı olgulardan bahsetmek, konvansiyonel olmayan tutumlar, disiplinleri aynı akıl tutulmalarından alıkoyamamıştır. Sular onları farklı ırmaklardan akıtarak ay Leggi tutto

Ich kann nicht von mir behaupten, mehr als die Hälfte verstanden zu haben, aber die klang klug! [[edit nach dem zweiten lesegang: langsam erschließt sich die tiefe; nach dem dritten Überflugs-lesegang fügen sich die puzzle-teile zusammen]]