The Linguistic Turn in the Early Frankfurt School: Horkheimer and Adorno

Was there a linguistic turn in Frankfurt School Critical Theory before Habermas's communications-theoretic one? Might later Wittgenstein and the early have adopted similar pictures of language? I propose that both questions should be answered affirmatively, focusing on Horkheimer's Eclipse Reason. argue that, thanks to picture language Horkheimer Adorno share with (later) Wittgenstein, we can reconstruct their theory way renders it more defensible. Insofar as human life form are inseparable, an inextinguishable reservoir what called "objective reason." Recognizing this allows us answer critique Adorno. Moreover, paying attention inseparableness enable engage disclosing social (for example, regarding current debates about sustainability).