The Long
Insurgency

Dossier · 1944–1969

Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments

Dialectic of Enlightenment: progress put under criticism

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Chronology

1944–1969

Sources

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  1. Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments
    Sources

    Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments, edited by Gunzelin Schmid Noerr, translated by Edmund Jephcott, Stanford University Press, 2002. Title/copyright, PDF pp. 6–7; 1969 preface, pp. xi–xii/PDF pp. 12–13; 1944/1947 preface, pp. xiv–xix/PDF pp. 15–20; “The Concept of Enlightenment,” pp. 1–4/PDF pp. 22–25; culture-industry chapter, pp. 94–97/PDF pp. 115–118; “Elements of Anti-Semitism,” pp. 138–140/PDF pp. 159–161; editor's afterword, pp. 217–221/PDF pp. 238–242, a scholarly account used for limited typescript circulation. The archive copy has marginal annotations and damaged OCR on some chapter pages. Claims were read with context; no uncertain transcribed wording is quoted. The 2002 translation is the edition described here, not John Cumming's earlier English translation.

  2. The Authoritarian Personality
Complete existing research record

Editions and holdings

  • Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno, *Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments*, ed. Gunzelin Schmid Noerr, trans. Edmund Jephcott (Stanford University Press, 2002), preface to 1944/1947, pp. xiv–xix · 2002
    Locator details
    Reference ID
    EDN-000295

Where this source is used

  1. Horkheimer and Adorno collaborated on the work with a preface dated Los Angeles, May 1944.

    supports · 1944/1947 preface pp. xiv–xix / PDF 15–20; culture-industry chapter pp. 94–97 / PDF 115–118; editor afterword p. 217 / PDF 238

    Horkheimer and Adorno collaborated on the work with a preface dated Los Angeles, May 1944. Exact locator: 1944/1947 preface pp. xiv–xix / PDF 15–20; culture-industry chapter pp. 94–97 / PDF 115–118; editor afterword p. 217 / PDF 238

  2. Horkheimer coauthored the wartime Philosophical Fragments/Dialectic work with Adorno.

    supports · 1944/1947 preface pp. xiv–xix / PDF 15–20; culture-industry chapter pp. 94–97 / PDF 115–118; editor afterword p. 217 / PDF 238

    Horkheimer coauthored the wartime Philosophical Fragments/Dialectic work with Adorno. Exact locator: 1944/1947 preface pp. xiv–xix / PDF 15–20; culture-industry chapter pp. 94–97 / PDF 115–118; editor afterword p. 217 / PDF 238

  3. Adorno was Horkheimer's coauthor of the joint wartime work.

    supports · 1944/1947 preface pp. xiv–xix / PDF 15–20; culture-industry chapter pp. 94–97 / PDF 115–118; editor afterword p. 217 / PDF 238

    Adorno was Horkheimer's coauthor of the joint wartime work. Exact locator: 1944/1947 preface pp. xiv–xix / PDF 15–20; culture-industry chapter pp. 94–97 / PDF 115–118; editor afterword p. 217 / PDF 238

  4. Lowenthal jointly wrote the first three antisemitism theses.

    supports · 1944/1947 preface pp. xiv–xix / PDF 15–20; culture-industry chapter pp. 94–97 / PDF 115–118; editor afterword p. 217 / PDF 238

    Lowenthal jointly wrote the first three antisemitism theses. Exact locator: 1944/1947 preface pp. xiv–xix / PDF 15–20; culture-industry chapter pp. 94–97 / PDF 115–118; editor afterword p. 217 / PDF 238