Horkheimer deterred Neumann from legal action by threatening mutual loss
Evidence
If Neumann were to resort to legal measures, Horkheimer added, it would not only damage the Institute but would also be less advantageous to himself than the lecture course and the rest of what the Institute had to offer him. `I know that we can still achieve much more together than we can do working against each other … I can hardly imagine any company which you might join in the future which would have a more positive attitude to you than I can assure you weand not least I myselfhave.’ — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1222
Categorization
- XREF: A distinct management tactic — deterring a departing member through the threat of mutual injury — that pairs with the chapter’s portrait of Horkheimer’s manipulative leadership. — connects to: The Horkheimer-Neumann split pitted philosophy-of-history against reformist Marxism