The Dialectic of Enlightenment is a book of paradoxes. The most commonly noted is
summed up in the book's preface:“enlightenment reverts to mythology”(Horkheimer & …

In this wide-ranging, ambitious, and engaging study, Christian Thorne confronts the history
and enduring legacy of anti-foundationalist thought. Anti-foundationalism--the skeptical line …

The Enlightenment and its legacy are still actively debated, with the Enlightenment acting as
a key organizing concept in philosophy, social theory and the history of ideas. Counter …

It has become increasingly clear in recent years that, for all their differences, the many
varieties of thinking commonly grouped together under the rubric of “postmodernism” share …

According to most scholars, the Enlightenment was a rational awakening, a radical break
from a past dominated by religion and superstition. But in Let There Be Enlightenment …

To many of its most authoritative commentators, Adorno and Horkheimer's Dialectic of
Enlightenment cannot but entail a reductively negative, pessimistic philosophy of history that …

Abstract _Dialectic of Enlightenment_ is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the
Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second World War and circulated …

It has become increasingly clear in recent years that, for all their differences, the many
varieties of thinking commonly grouped together under the rubric of postmodernism share at …

Double Dialectics uses a dialectical method of reading to show the resonance between
Enlightenment and postmodern speculations about the nature of knowledge and ethics …

As indicated, the Enlightenment proceeds as the “agent provocateur” or unwitting factor of
the perpetuation or revival of the pre-Enlightenment, notably the Dark Middle Ages, from …