Full Idea
Horkheimer was chiefly responsible for developing 'critical theory' during the 1930s. ...It was interdisciplinary, reflective, dialectical, and critical. It reflected on the social context that gave rise to it, and its own function within that society.
Gist of Idea
Horkheimer's critical theory was interdisciplinary, and aware of its own context and function
Source
report of Max Horkheimer (works [1950]) by James Gordon Finlayson - Habermas Ch.1:02
Book Reference
Finlayson,James G.: 'Habermas' [OUP 2005], p.2