The Frankfurt philosophy faculty pioneered systematic ideology critique around 1930.

Evidence

If one were looking for a common factor on the intellectual left which developed in the philosophy faculty around 1930, then one would have to say that ideology and the critique of ideology became for the first time a systematic topic there, i.e. that connections between ideas, in the broadest sense, and their social base were being examined. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 457

Categorization

• DEFINE: Pinpoints what distinguishes Frankfurt’s left from mere Marxism: systematic ideology-critique, i.e., examining connections between ideas and their social base.
• XREF: connects to: Critique of ideology emerged as a systematic academic topic first in Frankfurt around 1930; Frankfurt’s intellectual left of the early 1930s formed a substantial, cooperating bloc — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 458; The Frankfurt School conceived ideology critique as encompassing human constitution, not just consciousness. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1312 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Frankfurt’s intellectual left of the early 1930s formed a substantial, cooperating bloc #expands (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 458
• The first German chair in social philosophy was created for Horkheimer in 1929 #corroborates (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 147
• The Frankfurt School conceived ideology critique as encompassing human constitution, not just consciousness. #expands (0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1312
• Marxist theories of false consciousness merged with Freudian psychoanalysis in the Frankfurt School. #expands (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 100