If philosophy cannot grasp totality it has no advantage over social theory

Evidence

But if philosophy, in its inability to grasp the totality, had no advantage over social theorywhat reason was there for engaging in left-Hegelian philosophy instead of unsystematic social theory? — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 634

Categorization

• QUESTION: The problem this poses for left-Hegelianism’s justification is worth chasing against Adorno’s own answer.
• XREF: connects to: Philosophy’s highest concepts fail precisely through their claim to totality — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2540; Adorno saw philosophy as unable to grasp totality yet kept it over social theory — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2532; No theory can exempt itself from the partial unfitness it attributes to other strategies — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader: Selected Works of…, 1771 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Philosophy’s highest concepts fail precisely through their claim to totality — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2540; Adorno saw philosophy as unable to grasp totality yet kept it over social theory — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2532; No theory can exempt itself from the partial unfitness it attributes to other strategies — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader: Selected Works of…, 1771 (+1 more)