For Nonconformism: Max Horkheimer and Friedrich Pollock

<p>Subject of numerous interpretations and studies, the vicissitudes of the famous Frankfurt Institute for Social Research nevertheless still contain some little-known sagas. One of these less discussed stories is the human and scientific relationship that bound philosopher Max Horkheimer and economist Friedrich Pollock for over fifty years.</p><p>Based on texts and letters translated here into English for the first time, as well as some previously unpublished documents, <em>For Nonconformism</em> reconstructs the crucial moments in the friendship between the two scholars with an engaging narrative style and unwavering philological accuracy. Nicola Emery accompanies readers through a tour of the two friends and intellectuals'' ''nonconformism'' and their search for an alternative life-form that led to the birth of Frankfurt critical theory.</p>