About this title: An influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Various analyses in the book concern such phenomena as the detachment of science from practical life, the manipulative nature of entertainment culture, and a paranoid behavioural structure that marks the limits of enlightenment.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780804736336ISBN:0804736332
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2007-03-13
ISBN-13:9780804736336ISBN:0804736332
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780804736336. read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. Excellent condition. Appears unread. No marks/underlines/highlights. Pages are clean and tight. Minor shelf wear. Free deliver confirmation. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Binding: S Softcover
Publisher: Continuum, New York
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780826400932ISBN:0826400930
Description: Good. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" Translation of: Dialektik der Aufklärung, which was originally published under title Philosophische Fragmente. A good softcover copy. Crease on front cover as well as other light wear. Marked pages. Tight binding. Not ex-library. Seller sticker on back and stamp on frontpage. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780804736336ISBN:0804736332
Description: New. Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second World War and circulated privately, it appeared in a printed edition in Amsterdam in 1947. "What we had s... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Seabury Press
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780816492701ISBN:0816492700
Description: Good. 81/2. This book has a name inked on freepage, edgewear, faded spine, rubbing and minor soiling on outer edges. orange/black PHILOSOPHY. read more
Edition: First U.K. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Allen Lane, London
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780713904260ISBN:0713904267
Description: F in VG jacket. Octavo. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket, two neatly closed tears, trace of soil to extremities. xvii pp. and 258 pages. An examination of flaws in the concept of Englightenment. Originally issued in 1944 with the title "Dialektik der Aufklarung. " A sound copy, gilt remains bright, dust jacket is not price-clipped. Dust jacket is mylar-protected. read more
Description: Very Good. First Edition. 1972. Unknown Binding. Cloth, dj., 258 pp., illus. 1st U.S. edition. Dj. rubbed at edges. Very Good. (Subject: Philosophy). read more
"fascinating reassessment of the Enlightenment in the face of the Second World War. sections on the culture industry & the commodification of, well, everything remain true today. class driven analysis that has been glossed over in other editions: '...even by the measure of the existing order, the bloated entertainment apparatus does not make life more worthy of human beings. The idea of "exploiting" the given technical possibilities, of fully utilizing the capacities for aesthetic mass consumption, is part of an economic system which refuses to utilize capacities when it is a question of abolishing hunger.' (p. 111)"
"I have to confess that I only skimmed the last twenty or so pages of this book. It seemed incoherent and poorly disorganised to me, and was highly frustrating to read. It seemed as if the authors were not building a logical argument to persuade the reader to a certain point of view, as much as they were offering insights to the already-convinced (convinced of what? Broadly speaking, Marxism, I suppose)."
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