Horkheimer joined the dialectics project to situate his critiques of positivism and bourgeois anthropology.

Evidence

For Horkheimer, on the other hand, it was a question of placing his critiques of positivism and bourgeois anthropology in a broader context, and pursuing the implications of his critique of the repression of religious problems and his acceptance of Benjamin’s critique of merciless progress. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 349

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer treated his entire prior oeuvre as groundwork for the planned dialectics book. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 197; Horkheimer insisted economic and political analysis remain central despite collaborators’ disagreements. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 337; Horkheimer directed his critique at both positivism and metaphysics — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1454 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Horkheimer treated his entire prior oeuvre as groundwork for the planned dialectics book. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 197; Horkheimer insisted economic and political analysis remain central despite collaborators’ disagreements. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 337; Horkheimer directed his critique at both positivism and metaphysics — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1454 (+4 more)