Exile politics made the Institute downplay Benjamin’s Marxism and theology even in his memorial

Evidence

As a homage to Benjamin, the Institute wanted to publish a mimeographed booklet containing the Theses on the Philosophy of History' and contributions by Horkheimer, Adorno and Brecht. It was then decided to do without Brecht after all. For tactical reasons, Horkheimer did not want to print Benjamin's theses at the front of the volume, as Adorno and Lowenthal suggested. The terminology, which we hardly dare change, is too undisguised.’ This presumably referred both to the theses’ Marxist terminology as well as to their theological terminology. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 333

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the earlier documented pattern of the Institute strategically self-censoring Marxist vocabulary for American funders. — connects to: New School exiles rejected the Institute’s work on ideological grounds — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 276; The Institute pushed Benjamin toward secularism rather than theology — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 602; Readers misattributed Horkheimer and Adorno’s own essays to Benjamin at his memorial. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1301 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: New School exiles rejected the Institute’s work on ideological grounds — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 276; The Institute pushed Benjamin toward secularism rather than theology — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 602; Readers misattributed Horkheimer and Adorno’s own essays to Benjamin at his memorial. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1301 (+1 more)