Institute members grounded society in religion and culture rather than law or labor organization

Evidence

The emphasis on the close connection between the neutralization of religion and culture and an anthropological transformation showed how close Adorno and Horkheimer were to Fromm, and how far they were from Neumann. In their view, the decisive elements (besides the mode of production) on which the constitution of contemporary society depended lay not in constitutional law or the organizations of the labour movement, but rather in religion and culture, and in transcending them correctly; and in the potential for rationality in the individual which depended on that transcendence. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1137

Categorization

• DEFINE: Maps the theoretical fault line between the Institute’s religio-cultural anthropological approach and Neumann’s constitutional/labor institutionalism.
• XREF: connects to: The Institute located social-constitution causes in religion and culture, not law and labor; Traditional societies reduce complexity through religious norms rather than impersonal trust — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 206

Broader Connections

• Traditional societies reduce complexity through religious norms rather than impersonal trust #corroborates (0.80) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 206