- Friedrich Pollock
Friedrich Pollock (
May 22 ,1894 – 1970) was a Germansocial scientist andphilosopher . He was one of the founders of theInstitute for Social Research inFrankfurt am Main , and a member of theFrankfurt School of neo-Marxist theory.Life
Friedrich Pollock was born to a factory worker in
Freiburg im Breisgau . He was educated in finance 1911 to 1915. During this time he metMax Horkheimer , with whom he became a lifelong friend. He then studied economy,sociology and philosophy inFrankfurt am Main , where he wrote his thesis on Marx'sLabor theory of value and received his doctorate in 1923.The
Institute for Social Research was founded in 1924 by Pollock and fellow MarxistFelix Weil , who funded the group. Weil was inspired to found the institute after the success of his week long conference, theFirst Marxist Workweek , in 1922. Weil's goal was to bring together different schools of Marxism, and includedGyorgy Lukács ,Karl Korsch ,Karl August Wittfogel , and Friedrich Pollock.In 1927/1928 Pollock travelled to the
Soviet Union in honor of the tenth anniversary of theOctober Revolution . His research there led to his treatise: "Attempts at Planned Economy in the Soviet Union 1917-1927." Thereafter he took a post as lecturer at theUniversity of Frankfurt and he replaced the illCarl Grünberg as Director of the institute from 1928-1930.After the Nazis took power in 1933, Pollock and Horkheimer fled in exile, first to
London ,Geneve ,Paris , and finallyNew York . In 1950, he was finally able to return to Frankfurt, taking part in the reestablishment of the Institute, again taking the role of director. From 1951 to 1958 he was professor of national economy and sociology at theUniversity of Frankfurt .In 1959, Pollock and Horkheimer moved to
Montagnola ,Tessin , although Pollock held a position as professor Emeritus at the University of Frankfurt until 1963. He died inMontagnola ,Tessin in 1970.Selected works
* Werner Sombart's "Refutation" of Marxism, Leipzig, 1926
* Attempts at Planned Economy in the Soviet Union 1917-1927, Leipzig, 1929
* Group Experiments : A Study by Friedrich Pollock, Frankfurt a.M., 1955
* Automation : Materials for the Evaluation of the Economic and Social Consequences, Frankfurt a. M., 1956
* Possibilities and Borders of Social Planning in Capitalism, 1973External links
* [http://www.marxists.org/subject/frankfurt-school/ Frankfurt School page at Marxist.org]
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