Institute directors concealed their theoretical aims rather than confidently defending them

Evidence

This was evidence that there were indeed people in important positions who valued the Institute precisely on account of what Horkheimer and his closest associates were trying more to conceal than confidently to defend. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 379

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Secrecy about finances demoralized the Institute’s staff — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 272; The Institute’s directors feared a conspiracy of financially disappointed associates. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1217; Financial sponsorship may have made the Institute’s directors self-censor — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1856 (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Secrecy about finances demoralized the Institute’s staff — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 272; The Institute’s directors feared a conspiracy of financially disappointed associates. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1217; Financial sponsorship may have made the Institute’s directors self-censor — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1856 (+6 more)