Grossmann’s pro-Soviet Marxism survived exile when fellow Institute theorists repudiated theirs

Evidence

Like Wittfogel’s and Borkenau’s, Grossmann’s politics were grounded in a relatively unreflective enthusiasm for the Soviet Union, but although he had been a member of the Polish Communist Party, it seems unlikely that he ever became an actual member of its German counterpart after coming to Frankfurt. Unlike them, he did not experience a later disillusionment with communism, even during his decade or so of exile in America, when many others with similar backgrounds repudiated their past. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 129

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts with Horkheimer and Adorno’s later repudiation of orthodox Marxism, a theme in Jay’s broader account of the Institute’s left-wing Marxism. — connects to: Grossmann kept orthodox Marxist theory longer than his fellow exiled intellectuals — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 130; Totalizing theoretical claims can erase the theorist’s professed comrades — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 373; Grossmann played little part in the Institute’s intellectual development — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 125 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Grossmann kept orthodox Marxist theory longer than his fellow exiled intellectuals #corroborates (1.00) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 130
• Grossmann played little part in the Institute’s intellectual development #contradicts (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 125
• Institutional disintegration resulted partly from the scattering of exiled scholars #expands (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1029
• Totalizing theoretical claims can erase the theorist’s professed comrades #complicates (0.70) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 373