»Critical theory declares: things do not have to be this way;
people can change reality;
the conditions to do so are now in place.«
Max Horkheimer 1937
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Materialistischer Feminismus. Gegenwartsanalysen zu Geschlecht im Kapitalismus
Herausgegeben von Christina Engelmann und Lisa Yashodhara Haller unter der Mitarbeit des Forums kritischer Wissenschaften (fkw)
Angesichts der zunehmend
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Working Paper #22
»Working for Democracy? On Employee Participation in European Institutions«, by Hermann Kocyba and Christiane Schnell
Democratic participation rights in the workplace are a central demand of the labour movement but have been increasingly contested in recent decades. The
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Democratic participation rights in the workplace are a central demand of the labour movement but have been increasingly contested in recent decades. The
Since it was founded and opened in 1923-24, the Institute for Social Research has stood for a critical theory of society that confronts the prevailing social conditions with their unrealized possibilities. It understands itself as a place of cooperative, public and intervening social science.
The IfS is a foundation under public law whose core funding is provided by the State of Hesse and the City of Frankfurt. It is closely connected with Faculty 03 of Goethe University via the cooperative professorship for »Social Theory and Social Research.«