Institutional merit could not substitute for the restitution machinery in restoring émigré careers

Evidence

This was shown by questionnaires, and also by the behaviour of many politicians. … Adorno’s hope that he would be able to obtain a professorship on the basis of an application by the Faculty of Philosophy for him to be appointed full professor, made purely on the grounds of his objective qualifications and unconnected with any restitution requirements, was not fulfilled. In February 1956 he felt compelled to remind the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of his legal claim to a full professorship. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 492

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Returning émigrés, not German institutions, had to initiate their own institutional restoration. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 423; Restitution should include restoring rank and formal status, not only money; Even sincere institutional apologies rarely lead to restitution or lasting change — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 163 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Returning émigrés, not German institutions, had to initiate their own institutional restoration. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 423; Restitution should include restoring rank and formal status, not only money; Even sincere institutional apologies rarely lead to restitution or lasting change — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 163 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Institutional and individual reform are mutually dependent, not alternatives #complicates (0.76) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1485
• Even sincere institutional apologies rarely lead to restitution or lasting change #complicates (0.71) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 163