The Institute was founded through financial patronage and a shared critical stance toward society.
Evidence
The enterprise succeeded only because, thanks to the support of Hermann Weil and the intervention of his son, Felix, a group of men, interested in social theory and from different scholarly backgrounds, came together with the belief that formulating the negative in the epoch of transition was more meaningful than academic careers. What united them was the critical approach to existing society. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 67
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Horkheimer’s institutional dominance was baked into the Institut’s founding structure — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 109; The Institut’s scholarly solidarity deliberately modeled an ideal future brotherly society — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 161; Society operates as a complex formation structured in dominance with relative institutional autonomy (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Horkheimer’s institutional dominance was baked into the Institut’s founding structure
#expands(0.82) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 109 - The Institut’s scholarly solidarity deliberately modeled an ideal future brotherly society
#expands(0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 161 - Society operates as a complex formation structured in dominance with relative institutional autonomy
#expands(0.72)