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Max Horkheimer

Max Horkheimer was a German philosopher and sociologist best known as a leading figure of the Frankfurt School and a principal architect of Critical Theory. His work offered...

February 28, 2016

Theodor W. Adorno

Theodor W. Adorno was a German philosopher, sociologist, and cultural critic, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures of the Frankfurt School. His work offered a...

February 28, 2016

Herbert Marcuse

Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist associated with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. He is best known for his radical critique of advanced...

February 28, 2016

Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin was a German philosopher, cultural critic, literary theorist, and essayist whose work occupies a distinctive place in twentieth-century social and cultural thought. Associated loosely with the...

February 28, 2016

Emmanuel Levinas

Emmanuel Levinas was a French philosopher of Lithuanian-Jewish origin best known for his profound reorientation of philosophy towards ethics as first philosophy. His work challenged the dominance of...

February 28, 2016

Martin Buber

Martin Buber was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher, theologian, and social thinker best known for his philosophy of dialogue. His work placed relation rather than isolated individuality at the...

February 28, 2016

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli-American psychologist whose work fundamentally transformed the understanding of human judgement, decision-making, and rationality. He is best known for developing behavioural economics in collaboration...

February 28, 2016

India’s Oldest Cricketer BK Garudachar passes away

Legendary pre-independence cricketer and skipper Bindiganavile Krishnaswamy Garudachar passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He was 99. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living Indian...

February 27, 2016

President Pranab Mukherjee declares Kerala as first digital state

President Pranab Mukherjee has formally declared Kerala as the country’s first digital state. It was announced by President after launching a digital empowerment campaign of state at a...

February 27, 2016

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates India’s first Gender Park at Kozhikode

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated India’s first Gender Park at Kozhikode district of Kerala. It is also the first of its kind gender equality convergence centre in Asia. The...

February 27, 2016

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