Dialectic of Enlightenment
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Dialectic of Enlightenment

Max Horkheimer & Theodor W. Adorno

Uncover the Paradoxes of Modernity and Reason

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Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944) is a critical analysis of the Enlightenment and its role in shaping modern society. It argues that the very rationality and progress championed by the Enlightenment have led to new forms of domination, myth-making, and the instrumentalization of human beings and nature.

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