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

Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Siegfried Kracauer: Critical Observations on the Discreet Charm of the Metropolis -- 2 Walter Benjamin in the Intellectual Field -- 3 Just Say No: Herbert Marcuse and the Politics of Negationism -- 4 Max Horkheimer: Issues Concerning Liberalism and Culture -- 5 Theodor Adorno and Dallas Smythe: Culture Industry/Consciousness Industry and the Political Economy of Media and Communication -- 6 Hans Magnus Enzensberger and the Politics of New Media Technology -- 7 Jürgen Habermas: The Modern Media and the Public Sphere -- 8 The Legacy of Leo Lowenthal: Culture and Communication -- 9 On Erich Fromm: Why He Left the Frankfurt School -- Index.

This book expands our understanding by addressing the writings of intellectuals who were either members of the Frankfurt School, or were closely associated with it, but often neglected. It thus brings together the latest research of an international team of experts, offering a critical reassessment of the contributions of the Frankfurt School and its associates to cultural, media and communication studies, as well as to our modern understanding of new media technology and debate within the public sphere.

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