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The Frankfurt School's Theory of the Dialectic of Enlightenment
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What is the central thesis of the Dialectic of Enlightenment?
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Enlightenment leads to domination and oppression.
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The Frankfurt School argued that the Enlightenment's emphasis on reason and rationality led to a process of instrumentalization and domination, in which the world is seen as a collection of objects to be manipulated and controlled.