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Theodor Adorno: A Leading Figure of the Frankfurt School

Complete your Adorno bookshelf with this list of his most essential works.

2 September 2025

Theodor Adorno: A Leading Figure of the Frankfurt School

Theodor Adorno is one of the twentieth century’s most prominent social theorists. As a leading member of the Frankfurt School—alongside Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, and Herbert Marcuse—his work is is essential to any critique of modern society, fascism, and European left thought.

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  • Grand Hotel Abyss

    Grand Hotel Abyss

    by Stuart Jeffries

    In 1923, a group of young radical German thinkers and intellectuals came together to at Victoria Alle 7, Frankfurt, determined to explain the workings of the modern world. Among the most prominen...
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  • Adorno, Foucault and the Critique of the West

    Adorno, Foucault and the Critique of the West

    by Deborah Cook

    Adorno, Foucault, and the Critique of the West argues that critical theory continues to offer valuable resources for critique and contestation during this turbulent period in our history. To assess...
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