Revisiting the Frankfurt School: Essays on Culture, Media and Theory

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David Berry
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012 - Social Science - 209 pages
What has become known as the Frankfurt School is often reduced to a small number of theorists in media communication and cultural studies. This book expands our understanding by addressing the writings of intellectuals who were either members of the school, or were closely associated with it, but often neglected.
 

Contents

Walter Benjamin in the Intellectual Field
27
Herbert Marcuse and the Politics of Negationism
49
Issues Concerning Liberalism and Culture
71
Culture IndustryConsciousness
91
Hans Magnus Enzensberger and the Politics of New Media
117
The Modern Media and the Public Sphere
139
Culture and Communication
161
Why He Left the Frankfurt School
185
Index
207
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David Berry is a Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University, UK

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