Alfred Schmidt 1931 – 2012
Alfred Schmidt (1931 – 2012) was a German philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Critical Theory and Marxism.
Alfred Schmidt was a German philosopher and long-time professor at Frankfurt and one of the principal interpreters of the Frankfurt School in the second half of the twentieth century. A pupil of Adorno and Horkheimer, he served as a major editor of Horkheimer's collected writings and as co-editor of the journal Studies in Critical Theory. His Concept of Nature in Marx, Emancipatory Sensibility, and the studies of Schopenhauer and the materialist tradition in Western philosophy argued that Marx remains a thinker of the natural-bodily dimension of human history and that critical theory must hold together natural and social science.
Key facts
- Nationality
- German
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Critical Theory, Marxism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“For Marx, nature is the matter of human history.”
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“Materialism is not a metaphysics but the recognition of human dependence.”
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“Nature is the body of human history.”
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“Critical theory must hold together natural and social science.”
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Attributed to Alfred Schmidt:
“Emancipation is meaningless apart from the materiality of life.”
Alfred Schmidt by topic
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- Alfred Schmidt was born in 1931 and died in 2012.
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- Alfred Schmidt was a German philosopher of the Contemporary era.
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- Alfred Schmidt was a German philosopher and long-time professor at Frankfurt and one of the principal interpreters of the Frankfurt School in the second half of the twentieth century.
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