Exile intensified Horkheimer’s dominance and the Institute’s hold on its members.

Evidence

In the conditions of exile, Horkheimer’s dominant position was stronger than ever, the dependency of his associates greater than ever, and the attractiveness of the Institute as an independent, left-wing intellectual community more than ever unparalleled. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 165

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: A compact thesis: displacement produced not decentralization but a sharper patriarchally structured dependency — the causal logic behind the Frankfurt School’s later internal expulsions.
• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer’s institutional dominance was baked into the Institut’s founding structure — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 109; Nazi victory and emigration shifted power inside the Institute decisively toward Horkheimer. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 183; Exile concentrated both Horkheimer’s personal power and the Institute’s appeal. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 589 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Nazi victory and emigration shifted power inside the Institute decisively toward Horkheimer. #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 183
• Exile concentrated both Horkheimer’s personal power and the Institute’s appeal. #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 589
• Exile intensified hierarchy and dependency within the Institute. #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 589
• Horkheimer’s institutional dominance was baked into the Institut’s founding structure #contradicts (0.85) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 109