Research On The Critical Theory Of Fascism Of The Frankfurt School

The social critical theory of Frankfurt School contains the unique critical theory of Fascism.As an important school of contemporary foreign Marxism,the Frankfurt School tries to inherit the critical spirit of Marxism under the new historical conditions and carry out the criticism of Fascism from different perspectives.The anti-Semitic policy of the Nazis,the brutal rule and the ideological manipulation of capitalist society are the historical background of the first generation members of the Frankfurt School to form the critical theory of Fascism.The Frankfurt School inherited and developed the contents and methods of fascist criticism.Hegelianism and Marxism,freudian psychoanalysis and the understanding of early western Marxist representatives on Fascism are the theoretical sources of the Frankfurt School's criticism of Fascism,which gave birth to the unique critical theory of the Frankfurt School.The critical theory of Fascism of the Frankfurt School is involved in philosophy,psychology,political economy,aesthetics,law,communication and other disciplines and dimensions,and has rich contents.Among them,the critique of rationality in philosophy is the core proposition to study the internal philosophical logic of Fascism.The psychological dimension of the critique of Fascism is very characteristic.On the other hand,the criticism of political economy greatly promotes the logical transformation of social critical theory and provides a solid research foundation for the critical theory of Fascism.The Frankfurt School criticized the war aesthetics of Fascism and endowed the aesthetic art with the task of "redemption".The marginal figures of the Frankfurt School also made a wonderful study of Fascism from the perspective of law and communication.The critical theory of Fascism of the Frankfurt School has made great achievements and has distinct theoretical characteristics.In terms of research methods,they are a kind of interdisciplinary comprehensive investigation.In terms of contents,they take tool(technology)rational criticism as the central clue,and show a sustained humanistic appeal emotionally.But there are also some shortcomings: the research of the Frankfurt school is limited to German Fascism.Their critical theory is divorced from anti-fascist practice.They deviated from the Marxist position.The critical theory of Fascism of Frankfurt School has an important enlightening significance to the contemporary reality.Combining with China's national conditions,we draw some inspirations from it.Although there are many articles on Frankfurt School at home and abroad,there are few researches on the whole of its critical theory of Fascism.This paper comprehensively and systematically introduces and combs the critical theory of Fascism of the first generation members of the Frankfurt School in order to deepen the academic understanding of this theory.Through combing the critical theories of Fascism of Frankfurt School at home and abroad,the development thread and internal logic continuity between the critical theories of Fascism of different thinkers are straightened out,and the controversy about Fascism in the present study is summarized,on the basis of which we try to advance the theory.Commenting on it,further thinking about its theoretical characteristics,shortcomings and enlightening significance to reality,trying to grasp the Frankfurt School's critical theory of Fascism,showing the overall appearance,so as to deepen people's critical understanding of Frankfurt School's theory,deepen people's reflection on past historical disasters,and provide reference value for the realization of the free and comprehensive development of people in the new era.