Geographic separation of research coordination perpetuated the Institute’s internal split.

Evidence

A genuine resolution of the conflict between Los Angeles and New York, between an interest in large-scale, long-term and theory-oriented research and an interest in quick results and methodologically well-grounded research, was never achieved. Thanks to Lazarsfeld’s mediation, Flowerman was later given responsibility for short-term research, with Horkheimer having responsibility for the long-term research. However, since the co-ordination of the long-term projects was also mainly carried on in New York, which Horkheimer only rarely visited, and since the publishers with whom the results of the completed projects later appeared were also in New York, the tense relationship between Horkheimer and Flowerman, and between Los Angeles and New York, continued to the end. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 421

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the recurring Horkheimer-Adorno versus Lazarsfeld empiricism tension documented elsewhere in this history. — connects to: The Institute ran a decentralized three-city research network after emigrating; Exile dispersed the Institute’s staff into private homes and outside affiliations, dissolving collective research. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 269; Wittfogel’s institutional break from the Institute of Social Research dates to 1947. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 407 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Institute ran a decentralized three-city research network after emigrating; Exile dispersed the Institute’s staff into private homes and outside affiliations, dissolving collective research. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 269; Wittfogel’s institutional break from the Institute of Social Research dates to 1947. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 407 (+3 more)