%0 Journal Article %T La novela policial de Siegfried Kracauer como cr¨ªtica de la raz¨®n cient¨ªfica %A Mendiola %A Alfonso %J Historia y graf¨ªa %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in this investigation about siegfried kracauer's thinking, we study the detective novel (1922-1923). we show how kracauer's initial work is in fact a programmatic text that serves to develop his future thinking. in his novel, he connects popular culture (detective novels) with the critique of modern scientific rationality. this critique is a creative application of the symbol concept from the critique of judgment by kant. %K kracauer %K adorno %K detective novel %K rationality %K modernity %K symbol. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1405-09272011000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en