Weil secured donor veto power over Institute director appointments

Evidence

Undisturbed by all the misunderstandings and hostility, the Institutethe only one of its sort in the world'would in the future continue consistently in its efforts to apply and extend Marxist theory in unconditional political neutrality. … Weil succeeded in getting the ministry to alter the 1923 decree on the establishment of the Institute to the effect that the appointment of the director would not be made in consultation with’ but rather `with the agreement of’ the Society for Social Research. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 135

Categorization

• XREF: A textbook case of donor control over academic staffing — parallels to how private funders shape modern think-tanks and research centers. — connects to: Felix Weil controlled the Frankfurt Institute’s ideological direction through his power over director appointments. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 72; Weil secured control of Institute appointments amid growing conservative attacks on its communist students