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Traditional and Critical Theory
Max HorkheimerSets out the program of critical theory against theory that only describes social reality.
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Walter BenjaminArgues that reproduction changes the aura and social function of art.
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Theodor W. AdornoArgues that Enlightenment reason can turn into domination; written in 1944 and published in 1947.
Eros and Civilization
Herbert MarcuseReads Freud's account of civilization's repression of desire alongside Marx.
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Critique of Forms of LifeRahel Jaeggi - The society of the spectacle
The society of the spectacleGuy Debord1967 - Intersectionality
IntersectionalityPatricia Hill Collins2016 - Critical Theory Today
Critical Theory TodayLois Tyson1998 - A Dictionary Of Critical Theory
A Dictionary Of Critical TheoryIan Buchanan2010 - The Penguin dictionary of critical theory
The Penguin dictionary of critical theoryDavid Macey2000 - The Frankfurt School
The Frankfurt SchoolRolf Wiggershaus1986 - Architectural uncanny
Architectural uncannyAnthony Vidler1992