Horkheimer by the 1950s defended the CDU’s anti-experimental conservatism outright.

Evidence

In the course of the 1950s, Horkheimer had become a convinced defender of the CDU slogan `No experiments!’, and his view was that the Institute could not gain any respect with a publication of this sort. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 582

Categorization

• XREF: Links to the book’s broader account of Adenauer-era restoration and the Frankfurt School’s accommodation to West German consensus.