Horkheimer’s late turn to religion continued his earlier anti-humanist stance.

Evidence

Horkheimer’s interest in religion, which surfaced in later years, was thus not as fundamental a departure from the premises of his earlier work as might appear at first glance. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 799

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to debates about whether the late Frankfurt School’s religious turn was a betrayal — parallels Strauss/Yablon debates about Horkheimer’s theism. — connects to: Horkheimer traced fascist language corruption back through Jewish religious prohibitions against naming God — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 701; Horkheimer held that religious emancipation dehumanizes rather than liberates — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1135

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer traced fascist language corruption back through Jewish religious prohibitions against naming God #expands (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 701