... understanding of social life in both the modern and contemporary society." The 'Frankfurt school' of critical theory founded in 1923 in German mainly aimed to bring together different types of Marxist thinking to construct an 'important version of neoMarxism' (Agger, 1998:78; Ricoeur, 1974:21-22). The Frankfurt school includes well known theorists such as Max Horkeimer, Ardono ... of critical theory stated by Rasmussen is that it "it takes over the program of 'critique of ideology,' which falsely presumes that it can 'enthrone its own norms and ideals as self-evident...

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