Failed intellectual homecomings stem from recurring personal relationship patterns, not historical circumstance.

Evidence

The fact that it did not come true, even in the least, was not the fault of the world spirit. It was because, at the very moment when Horkheimer and Marcuse seemed to be ready to take it seriously, the old pattern of relationships from the time of Marcuse’s separation from Horkheimer reappeared. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 488

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Boundary-crossing arises from habits, not from belonging ties. — Sivamohan Valluvan, Conviviality and Multiculture: A…, 17; Trust depends on relationship history, not on personal character — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 65; The past constrains identity but is always narrativized, not literally recovered. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 256 (+3 more)
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Boundary-crossing arises from habits, not from belonging ties. — Sivamohan Valluvan, Conviviality and Multiculture: A…, 17; Trust depends on relationship history, not on personal character — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 65; The past constrains identity but is always narrativized, not literally recovered. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 256 (+3 more)