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An examination of the relationship between Critical Theory & psychoanalysis notes that the first philosophers/social theorists to take psychoanalysis seriously were members of the Institute for Social Research who granted Freud the status usually reserved for thinkers like Hegel, Marx, & Weber. It is argued that the explanation for this acceptance of psychoanalysis is more than an effort to make up for deficiencies in Marxian theory. Rather, Freud's psychoanalysis played an important role in the Frankfurt school's attempt to integrate cultural modernism & left-wing politics. The key role played by Max Horkheimer & Theodor Adorno in the Frankfurt School's close relation with psychoanalysis is described, along with the support they gave to Alexander Mitscherlich's creation of the Sigmund Freud Institute; & the significant impact of Jurgen Habermas's discussions with Mitscherlich on the linguistic reinterpretation of psychoanalytic theory. Other issues discussed include the contribution of Herbert Marcuse; the separation of Critical Theory & psychoanalysis in the mid-1970s; & the possibility that they may productively reconnect in the future. J. Lindroth