Adorno endorsed class-struggle theory while speculating independently of class categories

Evidence

In this variant of radical self-recognition, Adorno was supporting precisely the same Hegelian-Marxist position which Lukács had developed in History and Class Consciousnessbut he supported it independently of class considerations and as unashamed speculation. At the same time, Adorno left no doubt whatsoever, in some of his work in musical criticism during these years, that he was a supporter of the theory of class struggle and of the view that works of philosophy and art were attributable to specific classes. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 386

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the tension within Frankfurt School thought between class-based attribution of art and speculative Hegelian Marxism. — connects to: Adorno prioritized analyzing class struggle within dialectical materialism from 1936 onward — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 628; Class analysis is central to Adorno’s Critical Theory — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1472; Adorno developed an independent theory of class beyond Marx’s — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1468 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Adorno prioritized analyzing class struggle within dialectical materialism from 1936 onward #corroborates (0.92) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 628
• Adorno developed an independent theory of class beyond Marx’s #expands (0.90) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1468
• Adorno kept class struggle but demoted it from analytical focus #complicates (0.88) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 1743
• Class analysis is central to Adorno’s Critical Theory #expands (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1472
• Adorno retained class analysis while abandoning proletarian class-consciousness as impossible #qualifies (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 679
• Working-class racism resists analysis under homogeneous conceptions of ideology #complicates (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 142