Horkheimer saw Soviet events as clinging hope, not demonstrated success

Evidence

Anyone who can see the pointless injustice of the imperialist world, which can in no way be explained by any mere technical inability to improve conditions, must see events in Russia as a continuation of the agonizing attempt to overcome horrifying social injustices. At the very least, he will ask, with a pounding heart, whether this attempt is still continuing. If appearances were to suggest the contrary, he would still cling on to the pure hope, just as someone with cancer clings to the dubious news that a cure may have been found. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 245 (#expands, via linked claim)

In a letter to Adorno, he mentioned that we still have to elaborate these positive formulations for ourselves. The weakness of them affects the conclusion of the work on the authoritarian state as well.' — <cite>Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1159</cite> (#qualifies`, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer held Soviet hopes as a clinging against appearances, not evidence.; Horkheimer framed Soviet events as a desperate extension of a struggle against social injustice. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 245; Horkheimer himself distrusted the hopeful elements in his authoritarian state essay. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1159 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer held Soviet hopes as a clinging against appearances, not evidence. #expands (1.00)
• Horkheimer framed Soviet events as a desperate extension of a struggle against social injustice. #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 245
• Horkheimer himself distrusted the hopeful elements in his authoritarian state essay. #qualifies (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1159
• Horkheimer comforted himself that tyranny historically sows the seeds of purer culture #complicates (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1082