By 1947 Marcuse and the Fragments authors no longer shared one Critical Theory concept

Evidence

Not even Minima Moralia discussed this difficulty, although it contained a whole range of other reflections on their own weaknesses and apparently insoluble dilemmas. Marcuse visited Los Angeles in October 1947, but in the discussion of his draft apparently much was left unsaid. The `orthodox Marxist’ theoretician of the absent revolution and the authors of the Philosophical Fragments were no longer united even by a common concept of Critical Theory. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1678

Categorization

• XREF: Documents the split within the Frankfurt School over what Critical Theory meant after Dialectic of Enlightenment. — connects to: Marcuse alone delivered a theoretical-orientation draft for the journal revival in early 1947 — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1659; Marcuse and Neumann preserved Critical Theory’s political project that Horkheimer and Adorno abandoned — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 31; Critical Theory’s meaning shifted as different practitioners redefined it — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 7 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Critical Theory’s meaning shifted as different practitioners redefined it #expands (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 7
• Marcuse alone delivered a theoretical-orientation draft for the journal revival in early 1947 #exemplifies (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1659
• Marcuse and Neumann preserved Critical Theory’s political project that Horkheimer and Adorno abandoned #corroborates (0.78) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 31
• Adorno and Marcuse broke partly over secondhand misreadings of Marcuse’s positions #corroborates (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2596