Hermann Weil’s wealth financed the founding of the Institute of Social Research
Evidence
Page 13 making a pointless war even longer. His role in the war as the `father of submarine warfare’ was in the end seen to have been disastrous. But since economic relations with Argentina, which had remained friendly to Germany, started up again immediately after the war, Hermann Weil’s import business soon reached new heights. He was able to appear as a generous patron of Frankfurt University and of various charities, and in the end was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Economics and Social Science for his endowment of the Institute of Social Research. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 30
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- XREF: connects to: Weil’s endowment politics created Horkheimer’s social philosophy chair — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 147; The Institute’s research succeeded only through private Weil family funding independent of universities. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 67; The elder Weil funded the Institute partly seeking an honorary doctorate and social peace. (+2 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Weil’s endowment politics created Horkheimer’s social philosophy chair — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 147; The Institute’s research succeeded only through private Weil family funding independent of universities. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 67; The elder Weil funded the Institute partly seeking an honorary doctorate and social peace. (+2 more)