Siegfried Kracauer
Siegfried Kracauer · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Cultural sociologist and film theorist; author of 'The Mass Ornament'
1889, Frankfurt am Main, Germany — 1966, New York City, United States
Germany · France · United States
Siegfried Kracauer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Cultural sociologist and film theorist; author of 'The Mass Ornament'
Kracauer was a cultural sociologist, journalist and film theorist whose essays — collected in 'The Mass Ornament' — analyzed mass culture, and whose 'From Caligari to Hitler' linked German cinema to political history. Fleeing Nazism via France, he continued his work in the United States. He was born into a Jewish family in Frankfurt.
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Cultural sociologist and film theorist; author of 'The Mass Ornament'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Sociology
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