Horkheimer welcomed Adorno’s financial independence from the Institute

Evidence

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, 983 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer paired Adorno with Lazarsfeld to enrich him materially while keeping Institute primacy. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 983; Adorno insisted the Institute owed him material support despite his formal outsider status — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 631; The Institute’s financial crisis forced Horkheimer to endorse members taking outside jobs. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1245 (+1 more)

Related

• Horkheimer paired Adorno with Lazarsfeld to enrich him materially while keeping Institute primacy. (similarity 0.92)
• Adorno had achieved no professorship and remained dependent on Horkheimer by 1949 (similarity 0.85)
• The Institute’s financial crisis forced Horkheimer to endorse members taking outside jobs. (similarity 0.85)
• Adorno was excluded from Institute membership over philosophical and financial reasons. (similarity 0.85)
• Losing financial independence forced the Frankfurt Institute to accept research contracts (similarity 0.84)
• Adorno insisted the Institute owed him material support despite his formal outsider status (similarity 0.84)
• Fromm’s financial independence earned him equal treatment from Horkheimer. (similarity 0.83)
• Horkheimer and Pollock initially refused Adorno’s membership in the Institute (similarity 0.81)
• Horkheimer and Adorno sought patronage from ruling authorities rather than the left. (similarity 0.80)
• Adorno’s jealousy and tight finances blocked Marcuse’s return to the Institute. (similarity 0.80)
• The exiled Frankfurt Institute ran on grants while preparing its staff for academic careers. (similarity 0.79)
• Horkheimer moved to secure his own funding as the Institute’s endowment shrank. (similarity 0.79)
• Horkheimer secured ample funding for rebuilding the Frankfurt Institute (similarity 0.78)
• Horkheimer’s private wealth funded the Institute through a lifelong annuity (similarity 0.78)
• Horkheimer prioritized his own scholarly work over the Institute’s common resources as endowment shrank (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer paired Adorno with Lazarsfeld to enrich him materially while keeping Institute primacy. #qualifies (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 983