An Interview with Hans-Peter Gruber on the Life and Work of Felix Weil: Argentine, Millionaire, Marxist, and Founder of the Frankfurt School

Felix Weil’s most lasting contribution to the culture of the 20th century was certainly the Institute for Social Research. An institute for Marxist research and teaching was a new and innovative institution – and unique in this form. Felix Weil did not see Marxism as a political orientation, but as a discipline, comparable to any other subject taught at university.