Dossier · 1938–1950

Theodor W. Adorno

Music, mass culture and the American study of prejudice

Chronology

1938–1950

193819441950
2 dated events
  1. Adorno leaves Europe for America Reported · Source 1, p. 239; PDF pp. 492–493
  2. The Authoritarian Personality is published Reported · Source 2, Copyright page, EPUB OEBPS/03_Copy.xhtml

Overview

Theodor W. Adorno brought philosophy and music criticism into American social research. He worked with the Institute for Social Research and directed music studies for the Princeton Radio Research Project . He later shared authorship of a major study of prejudice. [1], pp. 238–240; [2], Horkheimer preface

He arrived in America in 1938. His work put a critic of mass culture beside researchers studying actual radio audiences. [1], pp. 238–240

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