The Frankfurt School retained broad international scholarly esteem at its 1949 return

Evidence

The Institut thus returned to Frankfurt with a much diminished staff. Its support, nonetheless, was considerable. In June, 1949, a petition was circulated to urge its reopening. The list of signatories was highly impressive, an indication of the esteem in which the Institut was held by many of its scholarly colleagues. Among the names were Gordon Allport, Raymond Aron, G. D. H. Cole, G. P. Gooch, Morris Ginsberg, Eugen Kogon, Paul Lazarsfeld, Robert Lynd, Talcott Parsons, Paul Tillich, Robert Maclver, and James T. Shotwell. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 858

Categorization

• XREF: Names a who’s who of mid-century social science — useful for oriening the tradition Jay describes. — connects to: German students’ warm reception confirmed the Institute’s decision to return — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 848; The Frankfurt School’s estrangement persisted even after its physical return to Germany. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 890

Broader Connections

• German students’ warm reception confirmed the Institute’s decision to return #corroborates (0.85) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 848