What key details about theodor w. adorno can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: theodor w. adorno -lrb- ; ; born theodor ludwig wiesengrund ; september 11 , 1903 -- august 6 , 1969 -rrb- was a german sociologist , philosopher and composer known for his critical theory of society . he was a leading member of the frankfurt school of critical theory , whose work has come to be associated with thinkers such as ernst bloch , walter benjamin , max horkheimer and herbert marcuse , for whom the work of freud , marx and hegel were essential to a critique of modern society . he is widely regarded as one of the 20th century 's foremost thinkers on aesthetics and philosophy , as well as one of its preeminent essayists . as a critic of both fascism and what he called the culture industry , his writings -- such as '' dialectic of enlightenment '' -lrb- 1947 -rrb- , '' minima moralia '' -lrb- 1951 -rrb- and '' negative dialectics '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- -- strongly influenced the european new left . amidst the vogue enjoyed by existentialism and positivism in early 20th-century europe , adorno advanced a dialectical conception of natural history that critiqued the twin temptations of ontology and empiricism through studies of kierkegaard and husserl . as a classically trained pianist whose sympathies with the twelve-tone technique of arnold schoenberg resulted in his studying composition with alban berg of the second viennese school , adorno 's commitment to avant-garde music formed the backdrop of his subsequent writings and led to his collaboration with thomas mann on the latter 's novel '' doctor faustus '' , while the two men lived in california as exiles during the second world war . working for the newly relocated institute for social research , adorno collaborated on influential studies of authoritarianism , anti-semitism and propaganda that would later serve as models for sociological studies the institute carried out in post-war germany . upon his return to frankfurt , adorno was involved with the reconstitution of german intellectual life through debates with karl popper on the limitations of...
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- death place is visp , visp , valais , switzerland- residence is germany- other names is theodor ludwig wiesengrund- class is nowrap- caption is adorno front left -rrb- and jurgen habermas -lrb- background right -rrb- -lrb- , heidelberg , 1964 . front right -rrb- with max horkheimer -lrb-- era is 20th-century philosophy- region is western philosophy- school tradition is critical theory western marxism- influenced is jurgen jameson habermas herbert marcuse max horkheimer karlheinz stockhausen fredric- birth date is 11 september 1903- main interests is social theory sociology psychoanalysis aesthetics epistemology musicology mass media- name is theodor w. adorno- image size is 230px- nationality is german- image is adornohorkheimerhabermasbyjeremyjshapiro2.png- birth place is frankfurt am main , hesse-nassau , prussia , germany