Leo Lowenthal and the lntegrity of the Intellectual

Year 2003, Volume: 6 (2) Issue: 12, 29 - 52, 10.06.2003

Richard Wolin

Abstract

Keywords

dergi, makale, iletişim

Leo Lowenthal and the lntegrity of the Intellectual

Abstract

My friendship with Leo Lowenthal began relatively late in his life and relatively early in mine. We met in Berkeley in 1981, thanks to our mutual friend Martin Jay. Leo had recently entered his ninth decade; I was stilL in my third. Our friendship would prosper for twelve years. At the time I was finishing a Ph. D. dissertation on Walter Benjamin. Leo was one of two people I have met who actually knew Benjamin, the other being his close friend Herbert Marcuse. Their paths had frequently crossed in Frankfurt during the late 1920s. Later, of course, they had professional dealings in Leo's capacity as managing editor of the Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung

Keywords

Frankfurt School, Leo Lowenthal, critical theory

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