The Institute publicly declared its Marxist character at its founding ceremony

Evidence

Even though it is not specially mentioned in the name or in the charter of the Institute, the negotiations over its foundation, the published inaugural address by Professor Grünberg, our other publications, and the research and teaching activities of the Institute are all evidence of the fact that there is no question of it being merely an institution devoted to economics or sociology in general. … At the opening ceremony for the Institute on 22 June 1924 in the University Hall in the presence of the representative of the Minister of Science, Art and Education and of the Senior President, and in the presence in person of the Mayor and other leaders of the state and district authorities, I myself, and Professor Grünberg in particular in his speech, publicly and programmatically laid down the Marxist character of the Institute. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 134

Categorization

• XREF: The Institute’s official charter avoided Marxist language while its founders openly professed it — a useful contrast for how institutions encode ideology in documents versus ceremony. — connects to: The informal Marxist Work Week expanded into a permanent research institute — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 95; The Institute was founded through financial patronage and a shared critical stance toward society. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 67; Frankfurt School founders declared Marxism but abandoned hope in the working class — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 499 (+2 more)
• DEFINE: Establishes that the Institute’s Marxist identity was promulgated orally and programmatically, not enshrined in charter.

Broader Connections

• The Institute was founded through financial patronage and a shared critical stance toward society. #expands (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 67
• Frankfurt School founders declared Marxism but abandoned hope in the working class #expands (0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 499
• The informal Marxist Work Week expanded into a permanent research institute #complicates (0.72) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 95