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The Frankfurt School's Invitation from Columbia University

The Frankfurt School's Invitation from Columbia University <jats:p>Oddly enough, the Frankfurt School’s relationship to Columbia University</jats:p><jats:p>has been somewhat neglected by its many historians. It is not</jats:p><jats:p>hard to understand why the Horkheimer circle would have desired</jats:p><jats:p>to settle at Columbia, but it is peculiar that the Frankfurt School</jats:p><jats:p>would have received an invitation from Columbia. After all, why</jats:p><jats:p>would Columbia University’s conservative president, Nicholas Murray</jats:p><jats:p>Butler, and its sociology department extend an invitation to a</jats:p><jats:p>group of predominantly German-speaking social philosophers with</jats:p><jats:p>strong links to the Marxian left?</jats:p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png German Politics and Society Berghahn Books

The Frankfurt School's Invitation from Columbia University

German Politics and Society , Volume 22 (3) – Sep 1, 2004

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Berghahn Books
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© Georgetown University
ISSN
1045-0300
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1558-5441
DOI
10.3167/104503004782353195
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Abstract

<jats:p>Oddly enough, the Frankfurt School’s relationship to Columbia University</jats:p><jats:p>has been somewhat neglected by its many historians. It is not</jats:p><jats:p>hard to understand why the Horkheimer circle would have desired</jats:p><jats:p>to settle at Columbia, but it is peculiar that the Frankfurt School</jats:p><jats:p>would have received an invitation from Columbia. After all, why</jats:p><jats:p>would Columbia University’s conservative president, Nicholas Murray</jats:p><jats:p>Butler, and its sociology department extend an invitation to a</jats:p><jats:p>group of predominantly German-speaking social philosophers with</jats:p><jats:p>strong links to the Marxian left?</jats:p>

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German Politics and SocietyBerghahn Books

Published: Sep 1, 2004

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