Horkheimer sought Heidegger’s On the Essence of Truth after the war

Evidence

When Marcuse travelled to Europe for the first time after the war, Horkheimer had asked him to bring him two books: Kogon’s SS State, and Heidegger’s On the Essence of Truth. Marcuse brought not only these but also other books by Heidegger that Horkheimer had not requested, and he spoke to Heidegger at length during his visit. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2503

Categorization

• XREF: Recalls the Frankfurt School’s sustained, ambivalent post-war engagement with Heidegger despite his Nazi past.