Proper noun
the Frankfurt School
A school of social theory and philosophy associated in part with the Institute for Social Research at the Goethe University Frankfurt. Founded during the interwar period, the School consisted of dissidents who were critical of both capitalism and Soviet socialism.
Contemporary social theorists associated with the Frankfurt School have remained largely critical of Heidegger's works and influence. Source: Internet
Although the Frankfurt School gradually became autonomous, it continued to receive Soviet support and encoragement. Source: Internet
A wish to continue the remoulding of societies was taken up among others by philosophers from the so-called Frankfurt School. Source: Internet
He had two intellectual influences in his studies: Sigmund Freud whose approach was the basis of the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute and Karl Marx, a strong influence in the Frankfurt School. Source: Internet
She encountered the Frankfurt School philosopher Herbert Marcuse at a rally during the Cuban Missile Crisis and became his student. Source: Internet
Marxist sociologists such as the Frankfurt School criticise mass-manufactured fun as too calculated and empty to be fully satisfying. Source: Internet