Where do the notions of truth, critique, and individuality come into play within Horkheimer’s Eclipse of Reason?
What will be an ideal response?
Horkheimer argues that modern society is a “totality” that subjects all to its dehumanizing effects; worker and businessman alike are unable to escape the decline of individuality. This decline is most apparent in the modern form of consciousness that is unwilling and unable to image alternative truths. This is a world in which “usefulness” is defined on technological grounds. Thinking in itself is useless or superfluous. Truth is found in “productivity” not critique. It is not technology or productivity in itself that makes for the decline of the individual, but loss of the ability to critically define humane principles according to which real progress must unfold.
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A. A coal miner is denied coverage due to his occupation. B. A person who was previously diagnosed with diabetes is denied coverage due to her condition. C. A person with asthma is charged higher premiums due to his condition. D. All members of an insurance plan are provided free preventative care. E. Lifetime benefits for plan participants are capped.
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a. ?fibromyalgia. b. ?contested illnesses. c. ?chronic pain. d. ?mental illness. e. ?AIDS/HIV.
According to Haenfler, "resistance" by subcultures refers to what?
a. a reaction against the dominant, mainstream society. b. a reaction against adult authority. c. a reaction against the banality of suburban life. d. all of the above
How does the fact that Habermas served as Adorno’s assistant from 1956 to 1959 at the Institute for Social Research, which by then had relocated to Frankfurt, Germany affect Habermas’ theoretical canon?
What will be an ideal response?