Adorno kept class struggle but demoted it from analytical focus

Evidence

This is not to say that the Frankfurt School denied the continued existence of class struggle entirely. “Society remains class struggle, today just as in the period when that concept originated,” Adorno later wrote; “Society,” The Legacy of the German Refugee Intellectuals, Salmagundi to/11 (Fall, 1969.-Winter, 1970), p. 149. 1t was, however, no longer the focal point of their analysis. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 1743

Categorization

• XREF: Ties to the standard critique that critical theory abandoned Marxian class analysis for cultural critique. — connects to: Adorno retained class analysis while abandoning proletarian class-consciousness as impossible — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 679; Adorno held that class-consciousness diminishes despite persistent class antagonism. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1402; Adorno extends Marx from coercive structures to the lived possibilities of individual self-determination. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 917 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Adorno retained class analysis while abandoning proletarian class-consciousness as impossible #corroborates (0.95) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 679
• Adorno held that class-consciousness diminishes despite persistent class antagonism. #corroborates (0.82) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1402