For Horkheimer, irrationalism serves economic power by masking it as larger interest

Evidence

Irrationalism correctly recognizes that rationalism is bankrupt, but it draws the wrong conclusions. It does not criticize one-sided thinking and egoism in favour of a way of organizing the world which would correspond to the human resources actually available. Instead, it leaves the economic laws which have produced current conditions basically untouched, and serves the interests of those who have economic power, who are merely the executors of economic forces, by encouraging blind recognition of them, demanding submission to the so-called larger, general interest. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 548 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Irrationalism correctly diagnoses rationalism’s crisis but serves power’s interests. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 548

Broader Connections

• Irrationalism correctly diagnoses rationalism’s crisis but serves power’s interests. #qualifies (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 548