Horkheimer hoped the Berkeley study would prove anti-Semitism expresses hostility to democracy

Evidence

The sample, in this initial phase of the Berkeley part of the programme, consisted of seventy-seven women students, ten of whom took part in the clinical tests. Horkheimer had great hopes of this part of the project, about which he was sometimes scornful, sometimes enthusiastic. He hoped to use it to provide the AJC with nothing less than `the scientific proof of antisemitism being a symptom of deep hostility against democracy (the Berkeley investigation on a large scale with the results of which we could not only measure antisemitism, but arouse the Administration and all liberal forces of the country, particularly the educators of this nation)’. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 385

Categorization

• XREF: Links to Horkheimer’s later Mannesmann and worker studies, where research was likewise framed as arming liberal forces. — connects to: Horkheimer sought scientific proof that anti-Semitism is a symptom of hostility to democracy. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1527; The Berkeley project aimed to prove experimentally that anti-Semitism threatens democracy — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1584; Horkheimer censored democratic language from the student study for fear of funders — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2355 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Horkheimer sought scientific proof that anti-Semitism is a symptom of hostility to democracy. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1527; The Berkeley project aimed to prove experimentally that anti-Semitism threatens democracy — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1584; Horkheimer censored democratic language from the student study for fear of funders — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2355 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer sought scientific proof that anti-Semitism is a symptom of hostility to democracy. #corroborates (0.97) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1527
• Horkheimer censored democratic language from the student study for fear of funders #complicates (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2355