Studies in Prejudice
Max Horkheimer
Samuel H. Flowerman
1950
At this moment in world history anti-Semitism is not manifesting itself with the full and violent destructiveness of which we know it to be capable. Even a social disease has its periods of quiescence during which the social scientists, like the biologist or the physician, can study it in the search for more effective ways to prevent or reduce the…
Creator Bio
Max Horkheimer
Philosopher and sociologist Max Horkheimer was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and raised in an Orthodox family. After World War I, he studied at the University of Frankfurt, from which he received his doctorate in 1922. Horkheimer was the director of the Institute of Social Research and professor of social philosophy at the university from 1930 to 1933 and again from 1949 to 1958, after having led the institute in exile when it was relocated to New York during World War II. He is best known for his work in critical theory and as a leader of the Frankfurt School. His most important work, The Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947), was written in collaboration with Theodor Adorno.
Creator Bio
Samuel H. Flowerman
American psychologist Samuel H. Flowerman was director of the Department of Scientific Research of the American Jewish Committee from 1945 to 1951, conducting investigations to determine which personality characteristics play a role in intergroup conflict. Flowerman was also a consultant for the New York Postgraduate Center for Psychotherapy, teaching intercultural education and race-relations workshops at many colleges, including the New York University Center for Human Relations Studies and the Mental Health Section of the United States Public Health Service. He was an author and editor in the field of psychology, contributing numerous articles to professional journals. In 1950, he coedited the groundbreaking Studies in Prejudice with Max Horkheimer.
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