Adorno and Heidegger shared critiques of positivism, idealism, and autonomous philosophy.

Evidence

What was bound to appeal to Adorno in Habermas was his talent for writing (Adorno had repeatedly lamented the lack of this talent among research assistants at the Institute); that he had come to the fore through a resolute critique of Heidegger (Adorno’s own harsh criticisms of Heidegger first appeared in the 1960s); that he had the same critical attitude to many things as Adorno himself (not surprisingly, since Heidegger’s and Adorno’s thinking had a series of motifs in common, such as their critique of positivism and idealism, their critique of the general trend of Western thought as a whole, their critique of the idea of an autonomous philosophy, of the hypostatizing of the instinct for self-preservation and the priority of the subject). — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2316

Categorization

• XREF: Adorno’s affinity with Heidegger on critique of Western thought as a whole connects to reader’s broad critical-theory corpus on the Adorno-Heidegger debate and the ‘Frankfurt School vs. existentialism’ strand. — connects to: Heidegger’s philosophy was debated within the Frankfurt Circle debating group — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 386; Adorno attacked positivism for severing logic from the world and knowledge from subjects. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2272; Adorno rejected both positivism and abstract individualism while insisting on nonidentity. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 268 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Adorno rejected both positivism and abstract individualism while insisting on nonidentity. #corroborates (0.85) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 268
• Adorno rejected idealist reconciliation of class antagonism as evading objective social causes #corroborates (0.80) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 236