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1 . You have explained how , in Germany in the mid-1960s , when the twentieth century was barely studied in academia , and the Third Reich or the Holocaust were barely mentioned , the reception of studies by the Frankfurt School ( Adorno , Benjamin , Löwenthal , Kracauer , etc .) had a strong impact because of the way they related cultural expressions to politics , art and politics , aesthetics and politics and so on . On the other hand , we have seen how , today , more than half a century later , the extreme right , linked to “ Trumpist ” circles , uses Frankfurt critical theory as a scapegoat for the United States ’ cultural ills . Why ? What goals are they seeking ?
AH : The West German reception of Frankfurt School Critical Theory in the 1960s , by the generation born during or right after WWII , was indeed a major stimulant to the development of what since then has become known as the much-celebrated German
1 . Andreas Huyssen . Barcelona , 2016 . Tere Estrada ( EUROM )
2 . Trump supporters storming the Capitol Building on January 6 , 2021 . ( Wikimedia Commons )
Erinnerungskultur . Adorno ’ s 1959 lecture What Does Coming to Terms with the Past Mean ? is the canonical touch-stone in this context , but Kracauer and
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