Horkheimer’s 1937 essays merged theory of science with social psychology

Evidence

In two long essays of 1937, The Latest Attack on Metaphysics' and Traditional and Critical Theory’, Horkheimer’s ideological critiques of changes in the function of ideas and attitudes, which were always social-psychological as well, were combined with studies in the theory of science so as to produce a final social and anthropological treatment of his own dialectical theory. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 203

Categorization

• XREF: Anchors the reader’s earlier notes on Horkheimer, Pollock, and the Institute’s 1930s output. — connects to: Psychology-socialism debates shaped Horkheimer’s turn to Freudian theory — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 317; Horkheimer reframed empirical social research as the renewal of enlightenment’s emancipatory project — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 149; Horkheimer’s reason essay folded a sociological motif into a philosophy-of-history motif — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 335 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Psychology-socialism debates shaped Horkheimer’s turn to Freudian theory — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 317; Horkheimer reframed empirical social research as the renewal of enlightenment’s emancipatory project — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 149; Horkheimer’s reason essay folded a sociological motif into a philosophy-of-history motif — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 335 (+3 more)