Adorno, Horkheimer, Bloch and Benjamin shared one historical-materialist program

Evidence

All four were united in their interest in unrestricted experience and unrestricted rationality, in the conviction that this demand could only be fulfilled by a historical-materialist theory which included a series of things previously omitted, and in the conviction that the most profound struggle across the broadest possible front was going on. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 209

Categorization

• XREF: Groups the four theorists as a single intellectual front, useful for mapping the Weimar-era constellation. — connects to: Horkheimer and Adorno’s collaboration fused two distinct materialist methodologies — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 662; Adorno supervised Benjamin’s attempt to fuse theology with historical materialism; Adorno demanded theoretical mediation between superstructure and substructure in historical materialism. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 280 (+15 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Horkheimer and Adorno’s collaboration fused two distinct materialist methodologies — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 662; Adorno supervised Benjamin’s attempt to fuse theology with historical materialism; Adorno demanded theoretical mediation between superstructure and substructure in historical materialism. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 280 (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer and Adorno’s collaboration required assimilating their differing materialisms. #complicates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 662
• Horkheimer and Adorno’s collaboration fused two distinct materialist methodologies #complicates (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 662
• Horkheimer and Adorno each deployed Hegelian dialectics toward different ends #complicates (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 767
• Horkheimer and Adorno replaced Marxian capitalism critique with a rational domination of nature thesis #complicates (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1369
• Horkheimer and Adorno anchored their critique of reason in different ideals #complicates (0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1308
• Adorno and Benjamin monopolized the Institute’s materialist aesthetics #complicates (0.76) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 243
• The Institute traded publication for citations and excluded Bloch from its journal #complicates (0.74) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 210