Naming strategy hid the Institute’s Marxist aims behind a neutral title

Evidence

The original idea of calling it the Institut fiir Marxismus (Institute for Marxism) was abandoned as too provocative, and a more Aesopian alternative was sought (not for the last time in the Frankfurt School’s history). The suggestion of the Education Ministry to call it the Felix Weil Institute of Social Research was declined by Weil, who “wanted the Institut to become known, and perhaps famous, due to its contributions to Marxism as a scientific discipline, not due to the founder’s money.” — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 101

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Institute publicly declared its Marxist character at its founding ceremony — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 134; The Institute suppressed overt politics in favor of indirect critical presentation — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 539

Broader Connections

• The Institute publicly declared its Marxist character at its founding ceremony #contradicts (0.90) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 134
• The Institute suppressed overt politics in favor of indirect critical presentation #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 539