Frankfurt School (Re: What does an evolutionist actually believe?)


"Aardvark J. Bandersnatch, MP, LP, BLT, ETC." <aardvark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Aru%e.381230$_o.336911@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Sylvia Knörr" <sylvia.knoerr_NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:dhkkgq$k7h$00$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> > Uh, it seems the Frankfurt School had more followers in the USA than in
> > Europe! They were popular here in the 60ies, but then the interest
faded,
> > and aside from some academics, the common people today hardly know them.
> > Do you think they had a greater impact on the American society?

> They had a much greater impact on American society (and especially
academia
> and politics). Some of the most senior and influential people in the
social
> scientists are children or grandchildren of Frankfurt School's principal
> adherents. Some of their best students went on to careers in politics, not
> as politicians but as policy makers.

I suppose the adherents of the Frankfurt School are predominantly liberals.
Who were the gurus of the conservatives?

> > (If you find my questions naive, you should know that I've never been to
> > the
> > USA, so I don't really know what it's like there - my image of America
is
> > based on what I get from the media and internet).

> Verstand.
>
> Right now, it's rather a messy situation. Most discussion of any sort,
> whether academic, political, or religious, is being dominated by the
loudest
> voices on the most extreme sides.

What I perceive is that the USA got a much greater dichotomy than Germany,
politicalwise. Due to the two-party system you have to be either one side or
the other, there is no in-between. In Germany with our multitude of patries,
you have a lot of shades of grey between black and white, and politicians
tend to be a tad more moderate towards their political opponents (knowing
that they might have to do some teamwork after the next elections). This
may rub off to other areas like science or religion.

> More disturbing is the domination of
> scientific discussion by social and political arguments that are
tangential
> to the central points of discussion.

Any examples you have in mind, except censorship on text books?
To me it sometimes seems like "common sense" is getting out of fashion in
the USA - to prohibit nativity scenes at public schools during Yuletide
seems ridiculous to me, and I'm not even of Christian denomination! :-))

> After many years living and visiting over most of the world, and even
though
> I enjoyed many of those countries (and especially Germany, especially
> Munich), I chose to stay and live in the US. These days I am seriously
> considering immigration.

Which countries would qualify for you as good places to spend a life?




.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: What does an evolutionist actually believe?
    ... it seems the Frankfurt School had more followers in the USA than in ... > and aside from some academics, the common people today hardly know them. ... They had a much greater impact on American society (and especially academia ... Some of their best students went on to careers in politics, ...
    (sci.anthropology)
  • Re: German finance minister says the stimulus plans are a bit stupid
    ... You're facing a lot of criticism inside and outside Germany, ... We have a bidding war where everyone in politics believes they ... What is wrong with the stimulus proposals? ... economists I respect tell me it is the credit-financed growth of ...
    (uk.politics.misc)
  • Re: When even a Republican can see it....
    ... The Nazis came to power in Germany during the Great Depression; ... radical factions of the old nobility and the Stalinized German ... Once the Nazis were firmly in power, the seductions of their politics: ... it is discouraging to me how much of the popular politics of ...
    (rec.arts.sf.fandom)
  • Fur Roman die Deutschen Menschen
    ... Germany leads new tide of racism and xenophobia sweeping Europe ... political parties campaigning on anti-foreigner platforms ... of the racists - particularly the DVU's poll success - is to become more ... the DVU's success on German politics. ...
    (soc.culture.greek)
  • Re: What now, class of 2006?
    ... seeing large organizations influence politics. ... If the members ... You mentioned that lobbyists are eliminated in Germany. ... associations and unions, try to affect public opinion through media, ...
    (soc.retirement)