Adorno defended empirical fieldwork while never giving the Institute a rigorous research direction.
Evidence
In the very last year of his life, Adorno emphasized that, although people liked to accuse the critical sociologists of contenting themselves with paperwork, they did in fact feel a need for so-called fieldwork. What was he doing in practice? … He was both years younger and the more productive of the two; was he giving the whole project a direction corresponding to the seriousness of his own standards? Was he at least trying? — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 474
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Adorno interpreted interview subjects he never met, maintaining strict detachment from his research object. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 440; Adorno never abandoned the ideal of critical empirical research despite rejecting established methods — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2120; Adorno and Horkheimer never gave their social theory a coherent systematic exposition. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 570 (+6 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adorno interpreted interview subjects he never met, maintaining strict detachment from his research object. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 440; Adorno never abandoned the ideal of critical empirical research despite rejecting established methods — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2120; Adorno and Horkheimer never gave their social theory a coherent systematic exposition. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 570 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Adorno excluded scientific research from the Frankfurt program out of impatience, not principle
#complicates(0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 643 - Adorno concluded important matters cannot be approached empirically
#complicates(0.74) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2119