Critique of Instrumental Reason
Author | : Max Horkheimer |
Publisher | : Verso Books |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2014-09-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781781680353 |
ISBN-13 | : 1781680353 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Download or read book Critique of Instrumental Reason written by Max Horkheimer and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays, written between 1949 and 1967, focus on a single theme: the triumph in the twentieth century of the state-bureaucratic apparatus and ‘instrumental reason’ and the concomitant liquidation of the individual and the basic social institutions and relationships associated with the individual.