GERMAN 570 · also LIT 575, PHIL 572, POLSCI 570
Frankfurt School Critical Theory
Henry W. Pickford
Description from DukeHub
This course serves as an introduction to the 'Frankfurt School' and Critical Theory with particular emphasis upon rationality, social psychology, and aesthetics. Through close readings of key texts by members of the school (Horkheimer, Benjamin, Adorno, Habermas) we will work toward an understanding of the analyses they developed and consider their validity. All readings and discussions are in English.
Skills
- languageslanguage department: GERMAN
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "ethical"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
More in GERMAN
- First-Year German I GERMAN 101
- First-Year German II GERMAN 102
- Theories of Learning in Humans and Machines GERMAN 195CCS
- Intermediate German I GERMAN 203
- Intermediate German II GERMAN 204
- Intermediate Conversation Practice GERMAN 210