Academic philosophy in Weimar Germany ignored everyday post-war problems

Evidence

Schumann’s and Gelb’s gestalt psychology, and Cornelius’s variant of neo-Kantianism, did not in any sense have a transfiguration of human existence as their goal, but this was only because they did not see it as a problem. They had no clear response to the problems of everyday life, which were particularly pressing in the post-war period. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 176

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Frankfurt circle ignored Weimar democracy and fascism yet expected socialism — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 499; Postwar German philosophy remained apolitical and untouched by Nazi history — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1914; Post-war German sociology ignored American social theory and its empirical grounding — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2047

Broader Connections

• Postwar German philosophy remained apolitical and untouched by Nazi history #corroborates (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1914
• Post-war German sociology ignored American social theory and its empirical grounding #corroborates (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2047