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?


Despite his interests in critical theory, Habermas’s intellectual position began to stray from key arguments discerned by Adorno. The discontent was everlasting and became even more disconnected from earlier theorists’ rejection of the public sphere of debate as a possible arena for democratic, progressive change and their despairing view of modern society more generally. This led him to look elsewhere to complete his studies. However, the fact that he left that second academic setting, also due to disconnects between colleagues and his own views, may be an indication that Habermas was just disillusioned in general with others’ works and perspectives on critical thought.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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