Financial strain and patriarchal direction in 1939 produced cascading Institute insecurity
Evidence
From 1939 onwards, there were time-bombs ticking in the Institutealthough in many other respects it was an oasis in the midst of exile. The problems of exile, real or imagined financial difficulties, and the patriarchal conduct and indecisiveness of the Institute’s directors, together with Horkheimer’s need for security, produced an unpredictable jumble of insecurities from which none of the member … In 1939 Horkheimer told Benjamin that `in spite of our efforts, it is possible that the day may come in the not too distant future when we will have to inform you that, with the best will in the world, we are not in a position to renew your research contract.’ In the spring of 1939, Pollock told Fromm that from that October the Institute would no longer be able to pay his salary ($330 per month). — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 284
Categorization
- XREF: Feeds the broader theme of exile and financial insecurity destabilizing Institute staff, including Benjamin and Fromm. — connects to: Secrecy about finances demoralized the Institute’s staff — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 272; Institute funding insecurity reached every staff member including Benjamin and Fromm by 1939; Exile and financial insecurity destabilized every Institute staff member — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1091 (+5 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Secrecy about finances demoralized the Institute’s staff — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 272; Institute funding insecurity reached every staff member including Benjamin and Fromm by 1939; Exile and financial insecurity destabilized every Institute staff member — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1091 (+5 more)