Horkheimer and Adorno judged Marcuse’s journal proposal both rash and too orthodox.

Evidence

A policy such as that drafted by Marcuse for the republication of the journal seemed to Horkheimer and Adorno not merely rash but also too traditional. In spite of their unorthodox content, Marcuse’s remarks were in fact purely orthodox in their implications. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 414

Categorization

• XREF: Anticipates the Horkheimer-Neumann split and the rift with Marcuse documented in the Frankfurt School literature. — connects to: Marcuse’s direct political draft was too blunt for Horkheimer’s and Adorno’s taste. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1662; Horkheimer and Adorno came to regard orthodox Marxist profession as masochism; Horkheimer and Adorno rejected orthodox Marxism as masochistic and outdated for social critique. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1665
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Marcuse’s direct political draft was too blunt for Horkheimer’s and Adorno’s taste. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1662; Horkheimer and Adorno came to regard orthodox Marxist profession as masochism; Horkheimer and Adorno rejected orthodox Marxism as masochistic and outdated for social critique. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1665