First published by Verso 2016
© Stuart Jeffries 2016
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jeffries, Stuart, 1964–
Title: Grand Hotel Abyss : the lives of the Frankfurt School / Stuart Jeffries.
Description: London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016015391 | ISBN 9781784785680 (hardcover : alkaline paper) | ISBN 9781784785703 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Frankfurt school of sociology – History. | Critical theory – History – 20th century. | Frankfurt school of sociology – Biography. | Sociologists – Germany – Biography. | Philosophers – Germany – Biography. | Sociology – Germany – History – 20th century. | Germany – Intellectual life – 20th century.
Classification: LCC HM467 .J44 2016 | DDC 301.01 – dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016015391
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