Critical Theory The Frankfurt School /

The film first presents a brief introduction to the thinking of a few of the more famous members of the Frankfurt School - Eric Fromm, Herbert Marcuse - including the second generation Frankfurt school thinker: Jurgen Habermas. Most importantly the film looks at the ideas of Max Horkheimer and Theod...

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Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Garry Potter, [2017]
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (30 min., 10 sec)) : sound, color.
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Summary: The film first presents a brief introduction to the thinking of a few of the more famous members of the Frankfurt School - Eric Fromm, Herbert Marcuse - including the second generation Frankfurt school thinker: Jurgen Habermas. Most importantly the film looks at the ideas of Max Horkheimer and Theodore Adorno. A presentation of the work the Authoritarian Personality is given before a more detailed engagement of the concept of the "the culture industry" is focused upon in the second half of the film.
Item Description: Originally released by Garry Potter, 2017.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 19, 2017.
Walter Benjamin (2:49); Eric Fromm and Herbert Marcuse (3:57); Second Generation Frankfurt Theorists (1:59); Postmodernism and Critical Theory (2:16); Critical Theory and Nazism (4:01); Enlightenment as Mass Deception (10:36); Cultural Industry Effects (3:18); Credits: Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School (0:22); test (9:43);
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The film first presents a brief introduction to the thinking of a few of the more famous members of the Frankfurt School - Eric Fromm, Herbert Marcuse - including the second generation Frankfurt school thinker: Jurgen Habermas. Most importantly the film looks at the ideas of Max Horkheimer and Theodore Adorno. A presentation of the work the Authoritarian Personality is given before a more detailed engagement of the concept of the "the culture industry" is focused upon in the second half of the film.
9 - 12.
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Closed-captioned.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (30 min., 10 sec)) : sound, color.
Format: Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience: 9 - 12.
Access: Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.