Traditional and Critical Theory According to Max Horkheimer

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Aug 10, 202600:22:13Education

The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 218 The school of thought known as Critical Theory was born, as we understand it today, in an essay written in 1937 by Max Horkheimer, who was director of the infamous F...

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