Adorno’s concept of the non-identical was first coined to ground freedom.

Evidence

Adorno used the concept of the non-identical for the first time in a letter to the article’s translator clarifying the meaning of his statement that freedom, considered absolutely, would fall victim to mere existence. He suggested adding the sentence: Freedom postulates the existence of something non-identical.' In the letter he explained that The non-identical element must not be nature alone, it also can be man.’ — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 334

Categorization

• XREF: Origin point for the non-identical, a term that recurs throughout later Adornian and Frankfurt School material. — connects to: Adorno coined the non-identical as freedom’s postulate, not merely nature; Adorno’s belief in self-determination left freedom something to be given, not seized — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2490; Adorno recontextualized Kantian freedom concepts in social and historical terms. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 639 (+1 more)
• DEFINE: Explicitly gives the term’s first use, context, and intended range including man as well as nature.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adorno coined the non-identical as freedom’s postulate, not merely nature; Adorno’s belief in self-determination left freedom something to be given, not seized — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2490; Adorno recontextualized Kantian freedom concepts in social and historical terms. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 639 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Adorno coined the non-identical as freedom’s postulate, not merely nature #corroborates (0.95)