Horkheimer and Adorno came to regard orthodox Marxist profession as masochism

Evidence

This global political diagnosis corresponded to Horkheimer’s and Adorno’s views. The plea for a defence of orthodox Marxist doctrine', and the uninhibited use of the words socialism’, communism' and capitalism’, however, was certain to displease the authors of the Philosophical Fragments in two ways: first, because in their view an uncompromising profession of belief in orthodox Marxism was equivalent to masochism; secondly, because they were convinced that the principal elements of a critique of society had in the meantime come to differ from those of Marxist doctrine. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1665 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer and Adorno rejected orthodox Marxism as masochistic and outdated for social critique. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1665

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer and Adorno rejected orthodox Marxism as masochistic and outdated for social critique. #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1665