Adorno

Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, and music critic associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.

He is known for his critiques of mass culture, capitalism, and the Enlightenment, particularly in works like *Dialectic of Enlightenment* (with Max Horkheimer) and *Minima Moralia*.

His dense, aphoristic prose style remains influential in philosophy, aesthetics, and cultural studies: an Adornian critique of the culture industry.