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The article explores the exclusion of architecture from social sciences and cultural studies after 1945. The first part of the paper deals with the ultimate causes of the 'oblivion of architecture' in critical and structuralist theories. The second and third part deals with Peter Sloterdijk's outline of an architectonic oriented cultural theory of Modernism. It will be shown that even this attempt was inadequate, continuing as it does the previous exclusion of social factors in architectural theory. Adapted from the source document.

So far, origin & theoretical status of Siegfried Kracauers' way of thinking & writing has not been sufficiently determined, since research has related his texts mostly to contemporary philosophy & sociology (Scheler, Simmel, Critical Theory). Instead influences 0f Sciences of Arts & Cultural Studies have not been considered, although Kracauer was trained to be an architect & often wrote about visual phenomenona of mass culture (photography, film, revue, urban architecture) since 1925. If one tracks down possible influences, it becomes obvious that he has noticed & theoretically used works of the "Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg" already before 1933. Thus, Kracauer's method looses its unique status & can be characterized as sociological iconology. Adapted from the source document.