Horkheimer rejected state capitalism theory but kept the rackets concept throughout his life.

Evidence

While Horkheimer stood by the concept of racket and the theory associated with it throughout his life, he distanced himself from ‘the theoretically useless concept of state capitalism’ in the postwar era, ultimately concluding that ‘Grossmann’s conception goes further’ than Pollock’s. For his part, Adorno would recommend Neumann’s Behemoth to his students in an introductory sociology lecture course during 1968, referring to it as ‘the most apposite socioeconomic account of fascism that has yet been produced’. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 607

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the historiographical debate on Institute for Social Research fascism theory (Pollock vs. Grossmann vs. Neumann). — connects to: Horkheimer himself had renounced the critique of political economy by the 1940s — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 898; Horkheimer’s racket theory saw survival as compulsory team membership

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer himself had renounced the critique of political economy by the 1940s #corroborates (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 898