Later reprints were stripped of radical anti-capitalist passages entirely.

Evidence

At this later stage, however, they tried to remove not only all the passages referring to the imminent collapse of capitalism, but also those in which any radical rejection of the prevailing form of society was explicitly referred to. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 569

Categorization

  • XREF: Extends the earlier account of the Institute’s accommodation to West German conditions.