Revisiting the Frankfurt School

David Berry is a Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University, UK

• Introduction, DavidBerry; Chapter 1 Siegfried Kracauer, SandaMiller; Chapter 2 Walter Benjamin in the Intellectual Field, AlanO’Connor; Chapter 3 Just Say No, PhilipBounds; Chapter 4 Max Horkheimer, DavidBerry; Chapter 5 Theodor Adorno and Dallas Smythe, RobertE. Babe; Chapter 6 Hans Magnus Enzensberger and the Politics of New Media Technology, MikeWayne; Chapter 7 Jürgen Habermas, JulianPetley; Chapter 8 The Legacy of Leo Lowenthal, HannoHardt; Chapter 9 On Erich Fromm, CarolineKamau;

'Berry brings together an eminent group of scholars in communication and cultural studies who demonstrate the Frankfurt's School's importance for a new generation of critical thinkers. Appreciating the complexity of the School's contribution, the authors range widely over cultural studies, political economy, and Marxist thought to produce an insightful and provocative reassessment.' Vincent Mosco, author of The Political Economy of Communication 'Revisiting the Frankfurt School is a comprehensive and engaging corrective to perennially ill-informed misunderstandings and misrepresentations of critical cultural theory. Mixing fascinating historical and conceptual material, it expertly presents the convincing case that in today's dark age of cultural banality, the Frankfurt School's learned insights have never been more valuable.' Paul A. Taylor, University of Leeds, UK ’This collection [...] is an interesting counterpart to another collection of essays, Rethinking the Frankfurt School, edited by Jeffrey T. Nealton and Caren Irr, which is structured on this contrary model... an important and often understated set of perspectives on the Frankfurt school... a set of essays that demonstrate the crucial importance of more neglected Frankfurt School associates to our understanding the history of the Frankfurt Institute, the academic disciplines of media and cultural studies, and the contemporary world.’ Review31 'This rewarding collection of ten new chapters concentrates on lesser-known dimensions and, say, thinkers and scholars less often recognised as members of the Frankfurt School such as Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, Erich Fromm, plus some followers like Hans Magnus Enzenberger and Dallas Smythe... Revisiting the Frankfurt School will be most useful for academics who teach Frankfurt School, either in philosophy, sociology, media and Cultural Studies, who seek clear examples and contemporary demonstrations taken from the 21st century.' Sociological Research