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Max Horkheimer (February 14 1895 – July 7 1973) was a German philosopher and sociologist who was famous for his work in critical theory as a member of the ‘Frankfurt School’ of social research. His most important works include The Eclipse of Reason (1947) Between Philosophy and Social Science (1930-1938) and in collaboration with Theodor Adorno The Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947). Through the Frankfurt School Horkheimer planned supported and made other significant works possible.

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birth date
1895-02-14
birth place
German Empire, Kingdom of Württemberg, Zuffenhausen
death date
1973-07-07
death place
Bavaria, German Empire, Nuremberg, West Germany
era
20th-century philosophy
influenced
Jürgen Habermas, Theodor W. Adorno, Erich Fromm, Karl-Otto Apel, Walter Benjamin, Axel Honneth, Herbert Marcuse, Gerhard Stapelfeldt
influenced by
Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Immanuel Kant, Judaism, Karl Marx, Theodor W. Adorno, Friedrich Pollock, Hans Cornelius
notableIdea
Reason, Authoritarian personality
philosophicalSchool
Frankfurt School, Critical theory, Western Marxism
region
Western philosophy

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