Weber and the Frankfurt School (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 95 13:34:00 PST
From: Peters, Mike [HSC] <M.Peters@lmu.ac.uk>
To: owner-frankfurt-school
     <owner-frankfurt-school@jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU>
Subject: RE: Weber and the Frankfurt School


Hello, Simon (I guess everyone else will get this too)

Nobody has yet mentioned the passages in Aspects of Sociology (orig 1956 in 
German) pub by Heinemann in English 1973, which whilst not penned by Adorno 
& Horkheimer themselves, is under their imprimatur in every sense. Pages 
119ff in the chapter on Empirical Research give a succinct assessment  which 
has the virtue of clarity. A bit  of a doctrinaire critique but appropriate 
for the 'textbook' context.

Horkheimer says more about Weber than Adorno does. You should also not 
forget Pollock, Neumann and Kirchheimer who are accessible in English in the 
Arato/Gebhardt volume. Sometimes 'Weber' is there in spirit but not by name 
in the texts! Best of luck.

Mike
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From: owner-frankfurt-school
To: frankfurt-school
Subject: Weber and the Frankfurt School
Date: Tuesday, February 07, 1995 1:37PM

Hello, I am a research postgraduate student at Cardiff. My research
focuses on the theorization of reason and rationality in Weber and
the classical Frankfurt School (i.e. Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse).
Apart from the essay by Marcuse on Industrialization and Capitalism,
a quick mention of Weber in Horkheimer's Eclipse of Reason, and also
in Adorno's Negative Dialectics I have not had much luck on finding
much discussion of Weber by these three authors.  Does anyone on this
list know of any other places in Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse's work
where they discuss Weber? I will be most grateful for any information
provided.
I will be away for the rest of this week so unfortunately I cannot
reply immediately to any questions you may have. Thanks in advance,
Simon Hopper (ssosh1@cf.ac.uk)