Exile intensified the Institute members’ prior outsider strategy of pursuing academic recognition

Evidence

Even for those who were as fortunate, in spite of their misfortunes, as those who belonged to Horkheimer’s circle, the trauma and insecurity of existence as a Jew was made very real by the flight from Nazi rule. But for Horkheimer’s circle continuity was possible to an unusual extent. They merely intensified an activity they had practised even in `normal’ timesconcentrating, as outsiders in society with social goals which were unacceptable to that society, on achieving recognition within the social and academic system. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 540

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Frankfurt School’s ‘outsider within’ positioning — resonates with the theme of marginal intellectuals seeking institutional legitimation also seen in other institutional histories. — connects to: The Atlas network shifted from celebrating outsider status to pursuing academic legitimacy — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 603

Broader Connections

• The Atlas network shifted from celebrating outsider status to pursuing academic legitimacy #corroborates (0.78) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 603