Postwar German social science had fallen behind other industrial nations

Evidence

Social research, in all its aspects, and particularly in the areas of research on the structure of society, on human relationships and modes of behaviour within the labour process, of opinion research and the practical application of sociological and psychological knowledge in the last few decades, has received a great boost. Owing to political events, Germany has not been able to participate in this to the extent that might have been desired. The part these disciplines can play today both in Germany’s public life and in the rationalization of its economy can hardly be overestimated, if the experience of other industrial nations is anything to go by. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1852

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Old-guard German sociology remained abstractly opposed to empirical research after the war — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1926; The Institute drifted leftward relative to other German émigrés by modernizing slower. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1066; Post-war German sociology ignored American social theory and its empirical grounding — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2047 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Post-war German sociology ignored American social theory and its empirical grounding #exemplifies (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2047
• The Frankfurt School revised its theories in response to the changing postwar social reality #qualifies (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 765