Weil’s endowment politics created Horkheimer’s social philosophy chair

Evidence

In 1929, with the support of Tillich and other members of the philosophy department, a new chair of “social philosophy” was established for Horkheimer, the first of its kind at a German university. Weil had convinced the Education Ministry to convert Grunberg’s chair in political science, which his father had endowed, to its new purpose. As part of the bargain he promised to contribute to another chair in economics, which Adolph Lowe, a childhood friend of Horkheimer, left Kiel to fill. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 147

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader theme of how the Institute was endowed and politically navigated by Weil, which runs through the early chapters. — connects to: Horkheimer treated the Weil Foundation as his personal vehicle for social theory — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1087; The first German chair in social philosophy was created for Horkheimer in 1929 — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 147; Horkheimer equated his own theoretical person with the Foundation’s social-theory purpose — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1087 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer treated the Weil Foundation as his personal vehicle for social theory #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1087
• The first German chair in social philosophy was created for Horkheimer in 1929 #expands (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 147
• Hermann Weil’s wealth financed the founding of the Institute of Social Research #corroborates (0.80)
• Horkheimer equated his own theoretical person with the Foundation’s social-theory purpose #corroborates (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1087
• The elder Weil sought an honorary doctorate via a social science foundation #responds-to (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 54