Deliberate funding starvation pushed Institute members toward government employment

Evidence

In the autumn of 1942, the strategy of financial starvation applied by the directors of the Institute had succeeded to the extent that Marcuse felt compelled to find additional money somehow or other. Since Neumann saw definite opportunities both for him and for other Institute members in Washington in government jobs, and since Marcuse was afraid that because he was not employed on affairs connected with the war effort he might be conscripted, he travelled to Washington in the hope of finding a job that would enable him to earn his living in Santa Monica and at the same time carry on his collaboration with Horkheimer. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 321

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the book’s theme of exile financial insecurity reaching every Institute member by 1939-42. — connects to: Financial strain and patriarchal direction in 1939 produced cascading Institute insecurity — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 284; Employment at the exiled Institute was terminated by quiet administrative pressure. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 285; Financial scarcity forced the Institute to hold members’ salaries hostage to loyalty. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 316 (+9 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Financial strain and patriarchal direction in 1939 produced cascading Institute insecurity — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 284; Employment at the exiled Institute was terminated by quiet administrative pressure. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 285; Financial scarcity forced the Institute to hold members’ salaries hostage to loyalty. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 316 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Financial starvation and conscription fear drove Marcuse toward government work #exemplifies (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1241
• Financial insecurity of the Institute pushed Neumann away from it toward secure state work #exemplifies (0.94) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1225
• The USA’s entry into war created the academic employment openings that dispersed the Institute #complicates (0.76) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1223