University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research
Frankfurt am Main | |
| Coordinates | 50°07′06″N 8°39′14″E / 50.118414°N 8.65385°E |
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| Leader | Ferdinand Sutterlüty (Acting Director) |
| Affiliations | Goethe University Frankfurt Columbia University |
| Website | www |
The Institute for Social Research (German: Institut für Sozialforschung, IfS) is a research organization for sociology and continental philosophy, best known as the institutional home of the Frankfurt School and critical theory. Currently a part of Goethe University Frankfurt, it has historically also been affiliated with Columbia University in New York City.
History
The Institute was founded in
Following a non-fatal heart attack, Grünberg was succeeded in 1930 by
The growing influence of the Nazis led the founders to decide in September 1930 to prepare to move the Institute out of Germany, by establishing a branch in Geneva and moving the funds to the Netherlands.
The Institute re-opened in Frankfurt in 1951 under the direction of Pollock.
The Institute has been both a research enterprise and, during its Frankfurt periods, a provider of instruction in sociology at the university there. The current acting director is Ferdinand Sutterlüty, who has followed on from Axel Honneth's directorship of 2001 to 2018.
References
- ISBN 978-3-593-51507-6.
- ^ "The Origins of Critical Theory: An interview with Leo Lowenthal" by Helmut Dubiel in Telos 49
External links
- The Institute of Social Research
- History of the Institute of Social Research (in German)
- Download the Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung (1932-1941), the Institute of Social Research's journal (in German)
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