Le premesse critico-formative della Scuola di Francoforte

In the period of transition between the Nineteenth and the Twentieth century, after the fall of the German Empire and the birth of the Weimar Republic, Germany became a real European centre of social and cultural elaboration. Even though the rise of National Socialism implied a tragic outcome, during the fifteen years of the Weimar Republic outstanding figures such as Paul Natorp, Theodor Litt, Max Weber, and Georg Simmel had a great influence on a part of the youth movements. They greatly contributed to the intellectual and cultural training of two of the most representative theorists of the Frankfurt School, Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno.