Editing Weimar culture (section)

== Sociology ==

During the era of the Weimar Republic, Germany became a center of intellectual thought at its universities, and most notably [[sociology|social]] and [[political theory]] (especially [[Marxism]]) was combined with [[Sigmund Freud|Freudian]] [[psychoanalysis]] to form the highly influential discipline of [[critical theory]]&mdash;with its development at the [[University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research|Institute for Social Research]] (also known as the [[Frankfurt School]]) founded at the [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main|University of Frankfurt am Main]].

The most prominent philosophers with which the so-called '[[Frankfurt School]]' is associated were [[Erich Fromm]], [[Herbert Marcuse]], [[Theodor Adorno]], [[Walter Benjamin]], [[Jürgen Habermas]] and [[Max Horkheimer]].<ref>Outhwaite, William. 1988. ''Habermas: Key Contemporary Thinkers'' 2nd Edition (2009). p5. {{ISBN|978-0-7456-4328-1}}</ref> Among the prominent philosophers not associated with the Frankfurt School were [[Martin Heidegger]] and [[Max Weber]].

The German [[philosophical anthropology]] movement also emerged at this time.<ref>Halton, Eugene (1995) [https://books.google.com/books?id=u7r9rz0x10cC&pg=PA52 ''Bereft of reason: on the decline of social thought and prospects for its renewal''] p.52</ref>