Horkheimer abandoned explicit capitalism critique to protect American goodwill

Evidence

Those who did not wish to speak of capitalism should also be silent about fascism, Horkheimer had written in 1939 in `The Jews and Europe’. Now he no longer mentioned capitalism himself either. This was primarily for tactical reasons. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1722

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer’s own silence on capitalism contradicted his 1939 demand that fascism analysis require it — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1722; Horkheimer dropped the label ‘critical theory’ to dodge anti-Communist scrutiny in America. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1666; Horkheimer himself had renounced the critique of political economy by the 1940s — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 898 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer himself had renounced the critique of political economy by the 1940s #corroborates (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 898
• Late Horkheimer embraced anti-Communist and pro-American rhetoric #expands (0.82) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 1726