Horkheimer’s ideal was theorists equally trained in a science and in philosophy.

Evidence

According to the programme indicated in his inaugural lecture, in the ZfS and in Studies on Authority and the Family, Horkheimer’s concern had been to establish collaboration within a group of social theorists qualified in the various scientific disciplines and competent in philosophy to more or less the same degree. That had been his dream. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 337

Categorization

  • XREF: Anchors the recurring ‘interdisciplinary collaboration’ concept to its textual sources: inaugural lecture, Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung, and Studies on Authority and the Family. — connects to: Horkheimer answered the question of interdisciplinary method by borrowing Hegel’s understanding-reason distinction. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 199; Unlike Marx, Horkheimer prioritized philosophical method over social theory. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 726
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Horkheimer answered the question of interdisciplinary method by borrowing Hegel’s understanding-reason distinction. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 199; Unlike Marx, Horkheimer prioritized philosophical method over social theory. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 726

Broader Connections