Routledge Guidebook to Horkheimer and Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment

<p>Composed whilst in exile in the United States during the Second World War Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno’s <i>Dialectic of Enlightenment</i> is the most famous and influential text of the Frankfurt School. A theoretical exploration of history modernity and culture its core warning of crisis and regression remains highly relevant today. However it is also a notoriously complex work of philosophy.</p><p><i>The Routledge Guidebook to Horkheimer and Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment</i> is the first fully contextualized introduction to this foundational text in philosophy and social theory addressing its central themes reception and influence. This Guidebook examines:</p><ul> <li>The conceptual and intellectual background to <i>Dialectic of Enlightenment.</i> </li> <li>The ideas themes and arguments of the text.</li> <li>The reception and legacy of <i>Dialectic of Enlightenment</i>.</li> </ul><p>A comprehensive and clearly written guide to this important text <i>The Routledge Guidebook to Horkheimer and Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment</i> will be invaluable to students coming to the work for the first time as well as more advanced students and researchers in philosophy politics sociology and the history of ideas.</p>