Adorno’s basic philosophical positions were fixed before his American emigration

Evidence

‘With his emancipation from Benjamin, the phase in which Adorno’s basic philosophical positions were formulated can be viewed as complete. His Americanemigrationmarksthebeginningof histrulyproductivetime,duringwhich the manifold impulses from the interwar period reach maturity’. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 298

Categorization

• QUESTION: This periodization (interwar formation, America as maturation) may contradict the ‘pessimistic cul-de-sac’ reading the reader is probing — worth verifying against other accounts of Adorno’s American work.
• XREF: connects to: Methodological experience softened Adorno’s early hostility to American empirical techniques — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 671; Adorno himself conceded his jazz essay’s decisive flaws stemmed from missing American experience — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 352; Adorno’s critique of Enlightenment began as early as the 1930s — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 256 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Adorno himself conceded his jazz essay’s decisive flaws stemmed from missing American experience #contradicts (0.90) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 352
• Adorno’s critique of Enlightenment began as early as the 1930s #corroborates (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 256