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Theodor W. Adorno

1903 - 1969

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Theodor W. Adorno ( ə-DOR-noh; German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ aˈdɔʁno] ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, musicologist, and social theorist. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has come to be associated with thinkers such as Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse, for whom the works of Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and G. W. F. Hegel were essential to a critique of modern society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor W. Adorno is the 4th most popular sociologist, the 154th most popular biography from Germany (down from 113th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Sociologist.

Theodor W. Adorno was an influential German philosopher, sociologist, and musicologist. He is most famous for his critical theory of society, which is a broad term for his work in philosophy, sociology, and musicology.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Theodor W. Adorno ranks 4 out of 79. Before him are Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, and Pierre Bourdieu. After him are Anthony Giddens, Robert K. Merton, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman, Talcott Parsons, Marcel Mauss, Norbert Elias, and Ulrich Beck.

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Among people born in 1903, Theodor W. Adorno ranks 7. Before him are George Orwell, Olav V of Norway, John von Neumann, Konrad Lorenz, Aram Khachaturian, and Georges Simenon. After him are George Beadle, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, C. F. Powell, Adolf Butenandt, Habib Bourguiba, and Fernandel. Among people deceased in 1969, Theodor W. Adorno ranks 6. Before him are Ho Chi Minh, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Princess Alice of Battenberg, and Karl Jaspers. After him are Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Otto Stern, Judy Garland, Walter Gropius, Franz von Papen, and Zakir Husain.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor W. Adorno ranks 154 out of 7,253. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Alfred Wegener (1880), Friedrich Merz (1955), and Friedrich Wöhler (1800). After him are Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), Hans Adolf Krebs (1900), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Lothair I (795), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), and Walter Gropius (1883).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among sociologists born in Germany, Theodor W. Adorno ranks 2. Before him are Max Weber (1864). After him are Georg Simmel (1858), Niklas Luhmann (1927), Robert Michels (1876), Juan José Linz (1926), Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Amitai Etzioni (1929), Lewis A. Coser (1913), Claus Offe (1940), and Louis Wirth (1897).

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