Horkheimer rejected Adorno’s Husserl essay for failing immanent refutation and historical clarity.

Evidence

In October 1937 he defended the manuscript of his essay on Husserl, intended for the ZfS, desperately, but in vain, against Horkheimer’s objection that the essay did not achieve an immanent refutation of idealism in its most consistent form: the refutation was not immanent, Husserlian philosophy was not the most consistent form of idealism, and in addition the relation of Husserlian philosophy to the current historical situation was not clear to the uninitiated. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 208

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Institute’s editorial gatekeeping and Horkheimer’s authority over ZfS, a recurring institutional dynamic. — connects to: Horkheimer rejected Adorno’s Husserl article as irrelevant and methodologically flawed; Horkheimer rejected the argumentative, material-rich book as the wrong form for critical theory. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 339; Horkheimer rejected publishable, argument-rich books as mere intellectual fireworks — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1325 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Horkheimer rejected Adorno’s Husserl article as irrelevant and methodologically flawed; Horkheimer rejected the argumentative, material-rich book as the wrong form for critical theory. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 339; Horkheimer rejected publishable, argument-rich books as mere intellectual fireworks — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1325 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer rejected Adorno’s Husserl article as irrelevant and methodologically flawed #expands (0.92)