Adorno tried to pull the Institute’s journal toward his theological-materialist allies.

Evidence

Horkheimer’s and Adorno’s endeavours coalesced in the critique of idealist positions, and in their common interest in an unfinished' (Horkheimer) or intermittent’ (Adorno) dialectics, a logic of living matters not prescribed either by a system or by some autonomous spirit. But close collaboration seemed hard to imagine unless further assimilation between their two positions took place. The direction in which this assimilation would move was anticipated, even before Horkheimer agreed with Adorno’s praise of Benjamin, in the reaction by the materialist social theorist (Horkheimer) to the essay on jazz by the interpretative materialist (Adorno). — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 662 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Adorno supervised Benjamin’s attempt to fuse theology with historical materialism; Adorno opposed Fromm’s anti-authority essay as a threat to the journal’s line.; Horkheimer and Adorno’s collaboration required assimilating their differing materialisms. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 662

Broader Connections

• Adorno supervised Benjamin’s attempt to fuse theology with historical materialism #expands (0.85)
• Adorno opposed Fromm’s anti-authority essay as a threat to the journal’s line. #exemplifies (0.80)
• Horkheimer and Adorno’s collaboration required assimilating their differing materialisms. #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 662