Adorno defined materialism as reorienting minute details rather than economic analysis

Evidence

It was precisely thisthe interpretative reorganization of minute, apparently more or less meaningless, detailswhich in Adorno’s eyes was materialist. And his theory was dialectical, for him, because philosophical interpretation did not take place within closed paths of thought, but was constantly interrupted, in an `intermittent dialectic’, by realities which refused to adapt themselves to the interpretation, and by objections from inter-subjective truth. Interpretation constantly had to start afresh. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 383

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Adorno’s idiosyncratic sense of ‘materialist’ and ‘intermittent dialectic’ — key Critical Theory jargon for reference use.
• XREF: Connects to Adorno’s later Negative Dialectics and his insistence on micrology, and contrasts with orthodox Marxist materialism. — connects to: Adorno prioritized critique of dead-end economic theory over new economic research — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 505; For Adorno, rigid materialism itself reifies and becomes ideology — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1319
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 383

Broader Connections

• Adorno prioritized critique of dead-end economic theory over new economic research #qualifies (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 505
• For Adorno, rigid materialism itself reifies and becomes ideology #expands (0.80) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1319