The Frankfurt school in exile New York transit : an invitation to Columbia University Failure and the mythologies of exile : the Frankfurt schools years at Columbia University John Deweys pit bull : Sidney Hook and the confrontation between pragmatism and critical theory Crosstown traffic : the New York intellectuals encounter critical theory The Atlantic divide : building bridges between Anglo American empiricism and continental social theory Assimilation and acceptance : studies in prejudice Specters of Marx : the Frankfurt school in the era of the new left Marcuses mentors : the American counterculture and the guru of the new left Conclusion: The Frankfurt schools American legacy