Horkheimer saw Institute knowledge as competing with the New School’s practical expertise

Evidence

In July 1942 Horkheimer congratulated Neumann on being offered the post of chief economist of the Intelligence Division at the Office of the US Chief of Staff. `I am all the more happy about it as it gives me the feeling that the knowledge, as we understood it [sic], can compete also in the practical field with what the New School has to offer.’ — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1224

Categorization

• XREF: The rivalry with the New School for Social Research’s refugee scholars surfaces here; a strand worth tracking in the wider émigré intellectual history. — connects to: Horkheimer tailored the Institute’s intellectual self-presentation to each audience. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1049; Horkheimer steered the Institute toward empirical research while retaining theoretical control — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1495

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer steered the Institute toward empirical research while retaining theoretical control #expands (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1495