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Max Horkheimer, an Uncommon card
Max Horkheimer was a German philosopher and sociologist best known for his role in developing critical theory as director of the Institute for Social Research, commonly associated with the Frankfurt School.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 73,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Max Horkheimer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Max Horkheimer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
These concerns became ______ to critical theory.
Answer
fundamental. These concerns became fundamental to critical theory. From the Max Horkheimer article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cuenca, Ecuador. Cuenca, Ecuador 76 · Max Horkheimer 72 · Lithium polymer battery 68 · Dysnomia 65 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Advancing a materialist theory of reason and society, Horkheimer analyzed the rise of instrumental reason, the erosion of the concept of truth, the decline of individual autonomy, the social-psychological roots of authoritarianism, and the reproduction of domination under modern capitalism.
- These concerns became fundamental to critical theory.
- His most influential works include Eclipse of Reason, Dialectic of Enlightenment, and a series of foundational essays written in the 1930s for the Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung, later collected in Between Philosophy and Social Science and Critical Theory: Selected Essays.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Max Horkheimer article was read about 73,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Max Horkheimer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jeremy J. Shapiro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
