Frankfurt School

Definition of Frankfurt School

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Frankfurt School: A group of chiefly German social theorists associated with the Frankfurt Institute of Social Research founded in 1923. Authors associated with the School are T.W. Adorno, Max Horkeimer, Herbert Marcuse, Friedrich Pollock. The underlying philosophy of this group can also be found in the more recent work of Jurgen Habermas, a student of Adorno. The school developed critical theory, an extension and development of the ideas of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. Much important work flowed from this school examining culture as a lived experience and its role in modern societies. See: CRITICAL THEORY / CULTURAL STUDIES in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.

Frankfurt School: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Frankfurt School. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada