Adorno’s new-music theory borrowed Benjamin’s controlled nature-mastery, not orthodox Marxism.

Evidence

The idea of complete mastery of nature moved ambiguously between the orthodox Marxist conception of a releasing of productive forces and the concept drafted by Benjamin in the final aphorism of One-Way Street, a controlled mastery of nature. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 367

Categorization

• XREF: The controlled mastery of nature concept echoes Adorno and Horkheimer’s later ‘Dialectic of Enlightenment’. — connects to: Adorno judged Benjamin’s Marxism an unwitting productive misreading, not orthodoxy — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 297; Adorno saw Benjamin’s Marxist side as an un-Benjaminian artifact of Brecht’s influence. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2717; The mastery-of-nature ideal sat between orthodox Marxists and Benjamin’s controlled mastery. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 367 (+2 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 367

Broader Connections

• Adorno judged Benjamin’s Marxism an unwitting productive misreading, not orthodoxy #corroborates (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 297
• The mastery-of-nature ideal sat between orthodox Marxists and Benjamin’s controlled mastery. #expands (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 367
• Adorno saw Benjamin’s Marxist side as an un-Benjaminian artifact of Brecht’s influence. #expands (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2717
• Adorno’s core concepts originate from Benjamin but his political economy developed against him #corroborates (0.78) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 294