Chronicles the first generation of critical theorists including Adorno, Marcuse and Benjamin, and the post-war generation of Habermas and Apel.

Argues for the validity of the Frankfurt School of critical theory and compares it with the British school culturalists.

Read an excerpt from the book "Dialectic of Enlightenment" by Horkheimer and Adorno.

Describes the ongoing impact of the Frankfurt school and their introduction of t themes that dominated social theory from the 1930's to the 60's.

Features an abstract of an essay detailing the Frankfurt school and Erich Fromm's impact on the development of critical theory.

Offers a seminar on Horkheimer and Adorno's "Dialectic", Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus" and Schoenberg's "Survivor From Warsaw."