Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969) was a German-born international sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer. He was a member of the Frankfurt School along with Max Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, Jürgen Habermas, and others. He was also the Music Director of the Radio Project from 1937 to 1941, in the U.S. Already as a young music critic and amateur sociologist, Theodor W. Adorno was primarily a philosophical thinker. The label social philosopher emphasizes the socially critical aspect of his philosophical thinking, which from 1945 onwards took an intellectually prominent position in the critical theory of the Frankfurt School. (via Wikipedia)

About Theodor W. Adorno

Place of Death: Visp, Switzerland

Region: Western Philosophy

Name: Theodor W. Adorno
Adorno, Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund

Influenced: Jürgen Habermas, Peter Dews, Slavoj Zizek, Herbert Marcuse, Umberto Eco, Edward W. Said, John Zerzan, Michael Jackson, Fredric Jameson, Marshall Berman, Max Horkheimer

Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany

Period: 20th century philosophy

School/Tradition: critical theory marxism

Known for: Culture industry, Authoritarian Personality, negative dialectics

Birth Date: Sep 11, 1903

Influenced By: Immanuel Kant Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Karl Marx Georg Lukács Karl Korsch Ernst Bloch Soren Kierkegaard Friedrich Nietzsche Sigmund Freud Edmund Husserl Max Weber Max Horkheimer Walter Benjamin Franz Kafka Charles Baudelaire Arnold Schoenberg Marcel Proust Bertold Brecht

Death Date: Aug 6, 1969