Habermas accused the Dialectic of Enlightenment of conceding civilization requires repression.

Evidence

In an article published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Adorno’s sixtieth birthday, `A Philosophizing Intellectual’, Habermas criticized the Dialectic of Enlightenment for the fact that, in its darkest passages, it conceded the counter-Enlightenment position that civilization was not possible without repression. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 609

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Frankfurt School’s recurring debate over whether enlightenment necessarily reverts to myth and domination. — connects to: Habermas mirrored Enlightenment ideals against the social conditions they require. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 599; Habermas’s poststructuralism critique is shaped by German anxieties over reactionary challenges — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 367; Habermas’s early thought championed protective restriction against over-rationalization — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2302 (+1 more)
• DEFINE: Names the specific charge against Dialectic of Enlightenment that structured the Habermas-Horkheimer/Adorno breach.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Habermas mirrored Enlightenment ideals against the social conditions they require. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 599; Habermas’s poststructuralism critique is shaped by German anxieties over reactionary challenges — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 367; Habermas’s early thought championed protective restriction against over-rationalization — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2302 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Habermas’s early thought championed protective restriction against over-rationalization #complicates (0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2302