Max Horkheimer (February 14, 1895 – July 7, 1973) was a German philosopher and sociologist, and a founder and guiding thinker of critical theory (or, broadly speaking, a founding member of the Frankfurt School). (via Wikipedia)

About Max Horkheimer

Place of Death: Nuremberg, Germany

Region: Western Philosophy

Name: Horkheimer, Max
Max Horkheimer

Influenced: Adorno, Marcuse, Habermas, Honneth

Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany

Period: 20th century philosophy

Known for: Critical Theory, The Culture Industry, the Authoritarian Personality, Eclipse of Reason

School/Tradition: critical theory

Birth Date: Feb 14, 1895

Influenced By: Kant, Hegel, Marx, Schopenhauer, Weber, Freud, Pollock, Adorno

Death Date: Jul 7, 1973