Dr. Amirhosein Khandizaji is a sociologist and critical theorist whose work focuses on the tradition of the Frankfurt School, with particular attention to domination, instrumental rationality, the culture industry, and the social and psychological consequences of modern technologies. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the Free University of Berlin, Germany.
He is the author of The Victory of Instrumental Reason and Farewell to Variety (Xenomoi, 2013) and Baudrillard and the Culture Industry (Springer, 2017), and the editor of Reading Adorno: The Endless Road (Palgrave, 2019). He is also the co-author of David Riesman and Critical Theory (Palgrave, 2021), and the co-editor of Adorno’s Shadow: A Lasting Legacy (Xenomoi, 2025), Critical Theory: The Last Stand for Emancipation (Xenomoi, 2025), Habermas and the Transformations of Critical Theory: Faces of Critique (Palgrave, 2025), and Revisiting Marcuse: Critical Reflections and New Perspectives (2025).
Dr. Khandizaji is the founding editor of the Berlin Journal of Critical Theory (BJCT) and the founding director of the Center for AI, Society, and Critique (CASC). His current research examines artificial intelligence, digital media, and algorithmic systems through the lens of critical social theory, focusing on power, manipulation, ideology, and the transformation of human experience in technologically mediated societies.
