"Critique Of Instrumental Rationality" Is The Turnning Point On The Development Curve Of The Frankfurt School's "Critique Theory"

The Frankfurt School is a shining star in the modern and contemporary western schools of thoughts,scanning the world with grand vision and worries,understanding the humanity with acute awareness, enriching the human thoughts treasury signified with social critical theory. "Critique of Instrumental Rationality" directly and sharply specifying the shortcomings of modern civilization become poetic masterpiece of that era,bringing along so many followers.Besides,the Frankfurt School widens and deepens reflection about the development of capitalist society in Marxist theory,contributing to the development of Western Marxist;at the same time,their theories provides precious experience to our great cause of harmonious socialism today and academically related research.Discussion on theories of the Frankfurt School in this article mainly focuses on identification that "Critique of Instrumental Rationality" is the turning point on the development curve of "Critique Theory".The conception of "Critique of Instrumental Rationality" has been firstly elucidated:the Frankfurt School criticizes that instrumental rationality has unrestrainedly expanded just like the Pandora's Box in modern society;science and technology have become ideology controlling people in production and social organization;status of people has been marginalized by mechanized instrument;people have been unified to abstract and quantifiable being without nature.The critique has important meanings for theory and practice:not only deepening the logic theme of Western Marxist against reality,trying to change the basement of Marxist social theory,creating the new philosophy of human science research on Marxist,but also concerning about our time on the extent of history of western civilization.Then,this article clarifies the "Critique Theory" and its development progress,which is the theoretical environment for "Critique of Instrumental Rationality" playing the role of turning point. Varieties of thoughts belonging to several scholars in Social Research Institution can be combined with each other to the integrity of "Critique Theory",composing by instrumental rationality,dialectics tradition in Germany and "the Sane Society".After that,this article searches for reasons why "Critique of Instrumental Rationality" has such special importance:the Frankfurt School fails to overthrow the traditional theory on the meaning of ontology and epistemology;the inherent effectiveness of "Critique of Instrumental Rationality" has made itself achieve highest logic level;the Frankfurt School is good at neglected demands but not positive practice discussion.At last,the article briefly talks about the meaning of "Critique of Instrumental Rationality" being a turning point for the Frankfurt School,as well as changing concept and promoting related theory in China today.