Horkheimer grounded the domination of nature in a dialectic inherited from Hegel and Marx.

Evidence

Horkheimer was firmly convinced that the will of humanity was directed towards complete mastery over nature, the domination of nature both inside and outside us by means of rational resolve'. Referring to Hegel and Marx, Horkheimer described this conceptthe perfect domination over nature by means of limitless reasonas a dialectical one. He defended it on two frontsagainst rationalism and against irrationalism, doing so for the first time at any length in his essay On the Dispute over Rationalism in Contemporary Philosophy’, written while he was in Switzerland. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 155

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names Horkheimer’s core concept — ‘the domination of nature both inside and outside us by means of rational resolve’ — and its Hegelian-Marxian dialectical pedigree.
• XREF: This is the seed of the nature-domination thesis later developed in Dialectic of Enlightenment’s culture industry chapters. — connects to: Horkheimer and Adorno replaced Marxian capitalism critique with a rational domination of nature thesis — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1369; Horkheimer’s materialist dialectic came close to Hegel’s idealist determinism. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 744; Horkheimer and Adorno located culture’s decisive turning point in nature-domination, not capitalism (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer and Adorno replaced Marxian capitalism critique with a rational domination of nature thesis #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1369
• Horkheimer and Adorno traced the crisis of modern culture to humanity’s rule over nature #expands (0.85)
• Horkheimer and Adorno located culture’s decisive turning point in nature-domination, not capitalism #expands (0.80)
• Horkheimer’s materialist dialectic came close to Hegel’s idealist determinism. #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 744
• Dialectic of Enlightenment centers on inner nature-domination, not outward nature #qualifies (0.75)