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Critical theoryThe Frankfurt School's program of social critique aimed at unmasking domination in culture, society, and thought.Cultural hegemonyGramsci's account of how a ruling order maintains power through cultural institutions and manufactured consent rather than force alone.
Antonio GramsciItalian Marxist theorist, imprisoned under Mussolini, whose Prison Notebooks developed the concepts of cultural hegemony and the war of position.
Institute for Social ResearchThe Frankfurt research institute, founded in 1923, that became the organizational home of the Frankfurt School and critical theory.
Herbert MarcuseFrankfurt School philosopher whose One-Dimensional Man and 'Repressive Tolerance' made him the leading theorist of the New Left.Prison NotebooksGramsci's prison writings (1929-1935), the founding text of the theory of cultural hegemony and the war of position.
Theodor W. AdornoGerman philosopher, sociologist, and musicologist of the Frankfurt School, co-author of Dialectic of Enlightenment.
Columbia UniversityNew York university that hosted the exiled Institute for Social Research from 1935.
Rudi DutschkeLeading figure of the West German student movement who popularized the phrase 'the long march through the institutions'.
Max HorkheimerGerman philosopher who directed the Institute for Social Research from 1930 and co-authored Dialectic of Enlightenment with Adorno.
One-Dimensional ManMarcuse's 1964 critique of advanced industrial society and its capacity to absorb and neutralize opposition.
Antonio GramsciItalian Marxist theorist, imprisoned under Mussolini, whose Prison Notebooks developed the concepts of cultural hegemony and the war of position.Institute for Social ResearchThe Frankfurt research institute, founded in 1923, that became the organizational home of the Frankfurt School and critical theory.Herbert MarcuseFrankfurt School philosopher whose One-Dimensional Man and 'Repressive Tolerance' made him the leading theorist of the New Left.Prison NotebooksGramsci's prison writings (1929-1935), the founding text of the theory of cultural hegemony and the war of position.Theodor W. AdornoGerman philosopher, sociologist, and musicologist of the Frankfurt School, co-author of Dialectic of Enlightenment.Columbia UniversityNew York university that hosted the exiled Institute for Social Research from 1935.Rudi DutschkeLeading figure of the West German student movement who popularized the phrase 'the long march through the institutions'.Max HorkheimerGerman philosopher who directed the Institute for Social Research from 1930 and co-authored Dialectic of Enlightenment with Adorno.One-Dimensional ManMarcuse's 1964 critique of advanced industrial society and its capacity to absorb and neutralize opposition.