| Critical Theory and Frankfurt Theorists: Lectures-Correspondence-Conversations Contributor(s): Lowenthal, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 088738224X ISBN-13: 9780887382246 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 943.004 |
| LCCN: 88018865 |
| Series: Communication in Society |
| Physical Information: 302 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The core of this volume is its presentation of Lowenthal's sixty-year-long intellectual career as a critical theorist and sociologist. The book includes some of his speeches on Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin and presents excerpts from conversations on his life as a scholar and teacher, as managing editor of the Institute for Social Research's famous journal, as government servant during and immediately after the war, and as observer and critic of contemporary culture and politics. Together these selections present an intriguing biographical panorama of a major intellectual figure. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lowenthal, Leo: - Leo LOwenthal (1900-1993) was a sociologist known for his association with the Frankfurt School. He began his career by joining the then newly-formed Institute for Social Research and becoming managing editor of its journal Zeitschrift fUr Sozialforschung. Soon thereafter he migrated to the United States where he held various positions, including research director for Voice of America, the Stanford Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavior Sciences, and finally settled in the department of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. His books (which were published in German and English) include Literature and Mass Culture, Prophets of Deceit, and Literature and the Image of Man. |
