Horkheimer told both Marcuse and Adorno each was his intended collaborator

Evidence

Marcuse heard from Neumann that Horkheimer, before leaving for the west coast, had on the one hand said that Marcuse was to help him with his work on the dialectics book, and on the other had said that Marcuse should try to get some lecturing work and look for a university post. Horkheimer himself had told Marcuse that he wanted to write the book in collaboration with him. But Adorno’s story was that Horkheimer wanted to write the book in collaboration with him, Adorno. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1092

Categorization

• QUESTION: The ambiguity over who Horkheimer truly wanted as collaborator on the dialectics book is worth chasing for the intellectual history.
• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer saw Adorno as indispensable for completing the logic project — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 641; Adorno personally drafted a defense memorandum later sent under Horkheimer’s name — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 461; Horkheimer rebuffed Marcuse’s bid to resume Institute collaboration by citing the anti-Semitism project’s demands — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1653

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer saw Adorno as indispensable for completing the logic project #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 641
• Adorno personally drafted a defense memorandum later sent under Horkheimer’s name #corroborates (0.75) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 461