Adorno positioned himself as more theoretically deliberate but less theologically radical than Benjamin.
Evidence
Adorno saw himself as being capable of both more and less than Benjamin. He was more conscious in his mediation of Marxist theory and theological motifs, and less radical in his esoteric and theological thinking. But Benjamin defended himself against the role Adorno had destined for him. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 235
Categorization
- XREF: Links Adorno-Benjamin relation to the broader Frankfurt School dialectic of theology and historical materialism. — connects to: Adorno’s Kierkegaard study positioned itself between Lukács and Benjamin. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 110; Benjamin set himself harder versions of the same theoretical problems Adorno handled — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 231; Adorno understood Benjamin’s intentions better than Scholem or Brecht did (+3 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adorno’s Kierkegaard study positioned itself between Lukács and Benjamin. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 110; Benjamin set himself harder versions of the same theoretical problems Adorno handled — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 231; Adorno understood Benjamin’s intentions better than Scholem or Brecht did (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Adorno and Benjamin diverged on whether Marxism solved or truncated problems
#complicates(0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 893