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'''Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno''' (September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969) was a German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist and composer. He was a member of the [[Frankfurt School]] along with [[Max Horkheimer]], [[Walter Benjamin]], [[Herbert Marcuse]], [[Jürgen Habermas]] and others. He was also the Music Director of the [[Radio Project]].
Already as a young music critic and amateur sociologist, Theodor W. Adorno was primarily a philosophical thinker. The label 'social philosopher' emphasizes the socially critical aspect of his philosophical thinking, which from [945 onwards took an intellectually prominent position in the [[critical theory (Frankfurt School)|critical theory]] of the Frankfurt School.
