Horkheimer rejected Tillich’s plan for a material-rich argumentative work as literary fireworks
Evidence
Horkheimer suggested what he had in mind instead by quoting from `a brief discussion of conditions in Europe’ that he had written: … The style of the theory will become simpler. But this is only because the style will expose simplicity, consciously making simplicity a reflection of the process of barbarization. … Science reaches for statistics; but, for the understanding, one concentration camp is enough. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1324
Horkheimer suggested what he had in mind instead by quoting from `a brief discussion of conditions in Europe’ that he had written: … The style of the theory will become simpler. But this is only because the style will expose simplicity, consciously making simplicity a reflection of the process of barbarization. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1326
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to the ‘On Sacrifice’ article: Horkheimer’s insistence that philosophical style must grant horror absoluteness by omitting explanatory detail parallels ritual-sacrifice reading of what must be witnessed without mediation.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1324; Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1326
- XREF: connects to: Horkheimer rejected publishable, argument-rich books as mere intellectual fireworks — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1325
Broader Connections
- Horkheimer rejected publishable, argument-rich books as mere intellectual fireworks
#corroborates(0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1325