Adorno’s empirical agitator research remained methodologically unorthodox and partially unexecuted.

Evidence

Horkheimer said of Adorno’s analysis that it was not done in the strictly traditional American way', but that it was better to attempt things by such methods by which we can do them best rather than to put ourselves into a straight jacket [sic]’. Adorno’s suggestion that they `send field workers to meetings and record exactly when there is applause and when not, and what the various degrees of enthusiasm are (probably proportional to the threats of violence)’ was not acted on. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1512

Categorization

• QUESTION: Adorno’s proposed applause-to-violence-threat correlation is a striking research hypothesis worth pursuing — was it ever tested by anyone?
• XREF: connects to: Adorno rejected empirical research criticism despite its validity — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1012; Adorno never abandoned the ideal of critical empirical research despite rejecting established methods — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2120; Adorno came to see critical reflection and team-based empirical research as practically irreconcilable — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2114

Broader Connections

• Adorno never abandoned the ideal of critical empirical research despite rejecting established methods #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2120
• Adorno came to see critical reflection and team-based empirical research as practically irreconcilable #complicates (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2114