Horkheimer and Adorno made anti-Semitism the turning point of world history.
Evidence
In what had originally been the final thesis on anti-Semitism, the sixth, it was even stated that disentangling rationality and power and liberating thought from domination
would represent the step out of an anti-Semitic society' and makethe Jewish question … the turning point of history’ in a sense different from that intended by the Nazis. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 361
Categorization
- XREF: Ties to the later Frankfurt School’s confrontation with Nazism and restitution politics already covered in this book. — connects to: Horkheimer held that society can be understood through anti-Semitism — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1291; Adorno and Horkheimer linked Odyssey sacrifice themes to anti-Semitism’s psychology — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1355; Horkheimer and Adorno saw Jewish weakness as the most dangerous anti-Semitic mechanism — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1512 (+2 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Horkheimer held that society can be understood through anti-Semitism — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1291; Adorno and Horkheimer linked Odyssey sacrifice themes to anti-Semitism’s psychology — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1355; Horkheimer and Adorno saw Jewish weakness as the most dangerous anti-Semitic mechanism — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1512 (+2 more)