Social Research (Institute of)

A field or institutional entity devoted to the systematic study of society and social phenomena. Specifically, the Institute of Social Research (the Frankfurt School) is a research institution that brought together psychoanalysis, Marxism, and critical social theory.

Claims that use this term

• The Frankfurt Institute of Psychoanalysis housed itself within the Institute of Social Research.
• Personal networks placed psychoanalysis inside the Institute of Social Research, linking it with Marxism