Adorno had achieved no professorship and remained dependent on Horkheimer by 1949

Evidence

When Adorno arrived in Frankfurt in November 1949, he was forty-six. His parents had fled to the United States by ship via Cuba, and only his mother was still alive, living alone in New York. Adorno came as Horkheimer’s representativeas someone who had not achieved a professorship during his period of exile, who had not made himself independent, but who had put himself and his talents wholly at the service of Horkheimer and the Institute. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1732

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Horkheimer welcomed Adorno’s financial independence from the Institute; Horkheimer’s postwar academic output largely consisted of Adorno-drafted occasional pieces. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1910

Broader Connections