Horkheimer’s inaugural lecture inaugurated his new research program.

Evidence

On 24 January 1931 Horkheimer gave his inaugural lecture on taking up the Chair of Social Philosophy and the directorship of the Institute of Social Research. The lecture was a masterpiece of considered stylization, and its thinking can briefly be summarized as follows. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 146

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer’s unity-of-social-sciences program revived Gerlach’s original founding vision. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 156; Horkheimer steered the Institute toward empirical research while retaining theoretical control — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1495

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer steered the Institute toward empirical research while retaining theoretical control #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1495
• Horkheimer’s unity-of-social-sciences program revived Gerlach’s original founding vision. #expands (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 156