Horkheimer maintained a self-image of scholarly isolation while seeking maximum institutional influence

Evidence

It was the old game: at the same time as he was holding out to himself the image of being able to work in isolation in a humble scholarly existence without an institute, without any contact with students, an audience or the system, he was trying to achieve as much institutional and establishment status and as much security, influence and recognition as possible. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1706

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the recurring tension in the Frankfurt School’s history between critique and institutional accommodation, and to Horkheimer’s own ambivalence as traced throughout Wiggershaus’s account. — connects to: Horkheimer simultaneously pursued disengaged isolation and maximum institutional establishment status — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1706; Horkheimer repeatedly traded scholarly nonconformity for social recognition — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1973; Horkheimer’s postwar conservatism led him to suppress politically engaged student research — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2356 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer repeatedly traded scholarly nonconformity for social recognition #contradicts (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1973
• Horkheimer’s institutional dominance was baked into the Institut’s founding structure #corroborates (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 109
• Horkheimer’s postwar conservatism led him to suppress politically engaged student research #qualifies (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2356