Adorno’s Marxism was orthodox yet he openly contradicted Marx himself.

Evidence

Adorno’s reception of Marxian writings was actually always orthodox – yet certainly not in the sense of respecting the Marxian critique of economy as either an ineluctable or ultimate state of knowledge with universal applicability. In his engagement with the capitalist mode of production in general and the late-capitalist society of his time in particular, Adorno did not accept the authority of scripture, and he at times contradicted not only schools of Marxist thought, but also Marx himself. Here as well, Adorno underwent a development and certainly progressed in his own understanding – a comparison of his early work with his later writings shows this. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1613

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Adorno’s ‘use-value-in-itself’ assumption departs from and contradicts Marxian theory — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 230; Adorno rejected Marx’s metabolism-with-nature ideal of collective control over nature. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1289; Marx saw Capital as scientific while Adorno denies science’s authority — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 985

Broader Connections

• Adorno’s ‘use-value-in-itself’ assumption departs from and contradicts Marxian theory #exemplifies (0.95) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 230
• Adorno rejected Marx’s metabolism-with-nature ideal of collective control over nature. #exemplifies (0.92) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1289
• Marx saw Capital as scientific while Adorno denies science’s authority #exemplifies (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 985