Which of the following facts about the Frankfurt School are correct?
- A. It was founded in Frankfurt in 1925.
- B. Adorno and Horkheimer were two of its members.
- C. It established the term 'critical theory'.
- D. It had strong ties with the Moscow Linguistic Circle.
- E. Its members were forced into exile after the rise of Nazism.
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Correct answer: D. B, C and E only
Explanation
The Institute for Social Research was founded in 1923. Horkheimer's 'Traditional and Critical Theory' (1937) named its project, and its members fled to Geneva and New York in 1933. The Moscow Linguistic Circle belongs to Russian Formalism.
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