Eclipse of Reason

by Max Horkheimer

Overview

2013 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Eclipse of Reason" discusses how the Nazis were able to project their agenda as "reasonable". It is broken into five sections: 1] Means and Ends, 2] Conflicting Panaceas, 3]The Revolt of Nature, 4] The Rise and Decline of the Individual and 5] On the Concept of Philosophy. It also treats the concept of reason within the history of western philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614274131
Publisher:	Martino Fine Books
Publication date:	03/07/2013
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Max Horkheimer, founder and long-time director of the famous Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, was professor emeritus of philosophy and sociology at the University of Frankfurt until his death in 1973. He is one of the founders of the Frankfurt School.

Table of Contents

I. Means and Ends
II. Conflicting Panaceas
III. The Revolt of Nature
IV. Rise and Decline of the Individual
V. On the Concept of Philosophy
Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The Frankfurt School knew Trump was coming" - The New Yorker

"Virtuosic at critiquing the viciousness of fascism and capitalism's socially eviscerating, spiritually crushing impact on western societies." - Stuart Jeffries, Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School

"Reason is sick. Horkheimer made a magnificent diagnosis of this illness." - Wilson Decembre, Can reason save itself? A critical reading of Max Horkheimer's "Eclipse of reason"

"A profoundly suggestive diagnosis of the intellectual sickness of our day" - Nature

"The ongoing international crisis of capitalism and liberal democracy has prompted a resurgence of interest in [the Frankfurt School's] body of work known as critical theory." - The New Yorker

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