The Nation spoke with Gordon about Adorno’s conception of happiness, his thinking about jazz and classical music, his relationship with the Frankfurt School, and the future of critical theory.

A conversation with Peter Gordon about the enduring influence of the Frankfurt School's leader, the future of critical theory, and his recent book, A Precarious Happiness. Theodor Adorno giving a ...

In this article, Philip Cohen (2025) discusses some of the uncertainties many academics may be feeling at the moment. The author provides some tips for scholars grappling with this uncertainty and ...

Send her an email. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday prohibiting federal funding of K-12 schools that promote critical race theory or radical gender ideology.

For Gillian Rose, the work of philosophy was to confront the myths and blind spots that sustain capitalism and dignify ...

Learning from the Frankfurt School A closer look at the history of sociological and social psychological thought shows that the treatment of antisemitism in the early critical theory of the Frankfurt ...

Imagine someone preaching righteousness while endorsing corruption; demanding moral clarity while practicing the very relativism they claim to oppose. Now, imagine this person wrapped in a flag, ...

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