Horkheimer wanted Adorno financially independent of the Institute to protect his intellectual freedom
Evidence
Horkheimer encouraged Adorno: The combination with the Lazarsfeld research project not only offers certain financial guarantees, but is also a way of putting you in touch with academic circles and other circles which are important for you. Of course, it goes without saying that we would much rather have you to ourselves, but on the other hand the adequate material basis for your life, which you rightly desire, will only be achievable if you are not dependent on the Institute alone. I definitely think the opportunities are there in America for you and Gretel to live a really upper-class life. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 259
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the Institute’s distinctive patronage logic: instead of monopoly dependence, Horkheimer deliberately spread an exile’s funding sources.
- XREF: connects to: Horkheimer welcomed Adorno’s financial independence from the Institute; Adorno had achieved no professorship and remained dependent on Horkheimer by 1949 — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1732; Adorno insisted the Institute owed him material support despite his formal outsider status — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 631
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Horkheimer welcomed Adorno’s financial independence from the Institute; Adorno had achieved no professorship and remained dependent on Horkheimer by 1949 — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1732; Adorno insisted the Institute owed him material support despite his formal outsider status — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 631
Broader Connections
- Horkheimer welcomed Adorno’s financial independence from the Institute
#corroborates(0.92) - Adorno insisted the Institute owed him material support despite his formal outsider status
#complicates(0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 631