Theodor Adorno (1903- 1969) is a German philosopher, sociologist, music theorist, the main representative of the first generation of Frankfurt School, and the theoretical founder of social critical theory. Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, he died of a heart attack while vacationing in Vespa, Switzerland in his later years.

192 1 year entered Frankfurt university to study philosophy, psychology, sociology and music. 1924, under the guidance of cornelius, he obtained his doctorate in philosophy with a phenomenological paper. 193 1 year, one of his academic papers about S.A. Kierkegaard was hired as a distinguished lecturer at Frankfurt University because of the recognition of some authoritative organizations.

When Nazi Germany began to rise, he left Germany and moved to England to teach at Oxford University. Soon, several friends who imitated Frankfurt School lived in America. 1938- 194 1 was employed by new york social research institute.

During the period of 194 1- 1948, he served as the leader of the research group of Princeton Radek's social research project, specializing in authoritarianism. During the period of 1948- 1949, he was employed by the University of California, Berkeley as the head of the social discrimination research project.

From 65438 to 0949, Adorno returned to Frankfurt to help Hawke Hammer rebuild the Institute of Social Studies, and served as a professor of philosophy and sociology at the University of Frankfurt. 1950 In August, Adorno served as the deputy director of the Institute of Social Studies. In 1958, he succeeded Hawke Hammer as the director.

Adorno is famous for his research fields involving psychology, philosophy and sociology of music. As early as 1936, he cooperated with H. Marcouse to study the relationship between family and authority, and published some works. This paper laid the foundation for his later research on power personality.

During his stay at the Radek Institute for Social Studies at Princeton University, he collaborated with E. Brunswick, D. Lewin and R. K. Sanford to conduct seven studies on power personality and fascism.

1950, they jointly published Authoritarian Personality. In this book, Adorno thinks that power is the core of some people's personality, and people with this personality care more about power, including the power they exercise and the power to obey their superiors.

After 1949, Adorno returned to Frankfurt University to teach philosophy and sociology. Influenced by the works of Marx, Hegel and Freud, he tried to realize the integration of Marx and Freud. In the field of philosophy, Adorno is full of critical spirit and sense of justice, and resolutely opposes all forms of "social oppression".

It is not only the social oppression of fascism and capitalism, but also the education and social culture that are too strict and autocratic. To this end, he and Max Hawke Hammer co-authored the book Dialectics of Enlightenment, which was translated into English after his death and published in 1979.