Foundation rejections in 1941 forced émigré scholars toward academic integration.
Evidence
The intention to continue the policy of normalcy was strengthened by the fact that MacIver, the head of the Sociology Department, was holding out the prospect of associates of the Institute sharing in the departmental lectures, which raised hopes of at least one professorship for the Horkheimer circle. … In the middle of June 1941 an individual grant for Adorno was rejected, as were two individual grants for Marcuse and Neumann at the end of June. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 300
Categorization
- XREF: Cross-links to the reader’s notes on institutional legitimacy shifting from substance to ‘board approval’ as the instrument of survival. — connects to: The Institute’s American grant applications were repeatedly rejected in 1941. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1150; Fascism shattered a school of historians whose members dispersed into exile or regime service; Almost six years of wartime intelligence work forced a difficult academic re-entry. (+1 more)
- APHORISMS: Horkheimer’s practical counsel — never let the funder see resentment — is a cold rule for anyone navigating institutional dependence.
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Institute’s American grant applications were repeatedly rejected in 1941. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1150; Fascism shattered a school of historians whose members dispersed into exile or regime service; Almost six years of wartime intelligence work forced a difficult academic re-entry. (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- The Institute’s American grant applications were repeatedly rejected in 1941.
#exemplifies(0.92) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1150