Institute members distrusted colleagues who kept ties to unrepentant Nazi-era philosophers.

Evidence

There was continuing reserve at the Institute towards Marcuse on account of his Heideggerian past, and there was bound to be reserve towards Kirchheimer, with his continuing respect for Schmitt, who, like Heidegger, never stated that his view of Nazism had changed in any way. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 495

Categorization

• XREF: Links Marcuse’s Heidegger episode to Kirchheimer’s Schmitt visits as one pattern of tolerance toward fascist-sympathizing mentors. — connects to: Adorno both doubted the Institute’s framework and feared seeming disloyal to it. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 213
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adorno both doubted the Institute’s framework and feared seeming disloyal to it. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 213