In 1924 the Institute for Social Research opens in Frankfurt, funded by the grain merchant Felix Weil to study the labor movement, and from 1930 under Max Horkheimer turns to the interdisciplinary study of authority, family, and culture. The Frankfurt School, exiled to New York in 1934 and returned after the war, becomes Marxism's most influential philosophical branch.
Tagged: Marxism
The Event
- Date
- 1924 (exact)
- Era
- Revolution and Western Marxism; Standard periodization of Marxist history
- Location
- Frankfurt; today Frankfurt, Germany
- Traditions
- Marxism
- Streams
- Marxism
- Key figures
- Felix Weil, Max Horkheimer
Primary Sources
- The founding documents of the Institut für Sozialforschung, Frankfurt, 1923-1924.
Secondary Sources
- Anderson, Perry. Considerations on Western Marxism. London: New Left Books, 1976.
- Kolakowski, Leszek. Main Currents of Marxism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.
- McLellan, David. Karl Marx: A Biography. London: Palgrave Macmillan, fourth edition, 2006.
Provenance: HIST-1460; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-30.
Related on This Site
History Event
Bernstein's Evolutionary Socialism opens the revisionist controversy
1899
History Event
Engels's Anti-Dühring
1878
History Event
Lenin's What Is to Be Done?
1902
History Event
Marx's Capital, volume one
1867
History Event
Marx's Preface of 1859 states the materialist conception
1859
History Event
Marx's Theses on Feuerbach
1845
History Event
The Paris Commune
1871
World View
Marxism
Marxism explains history as the struggle of classes over material production, and aims at a classless society in which exploitation and alienation are ended.