Horkheimer’s citizenship campaign diverted energy from critical theory work

Evidence

In the mid-1950s he moved heaven and earth to have another `individual law’ passed in order to get back his American citizenship, which he had been deprived of after all. He also wanted to be granted the privilege of lifelong dual citizenship of the United States and Germany. In Germany he got people like the Hessian Prime Minister, Georg-August Zinn, and the Federal President, Theodor Heuss, involved in his campaign. Demands like these were bound to dampen his efforts to make advances in materialist and critical social theory. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2112

Categorization

• XREF: Supports the broader pattern in this book that political and career maneuvering blunted the Frankfurt School’s radical edge. — connects to: Horkheimer repeatedly traded scholarly nonconformity for social recognition — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1973

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer repeatedly traded scholarly nonconformity for social recognition #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1973