Logical categories mirror social hierarchy and division of labor, not solidarity

Evidence

Even the deductive form of science reflects hierarchy and coercion. Just as the first categories represented the organized tribe and its power over the individual, so the whole logical order, dependency, connection, progression, and union of concepts is grounded in the corresponding conditions of social reality—that is, of the division of labor. But of course this social character of categories of thought is not, as Durkheim asserts, an expression of social solidarity, but evidence of the inscrutable unity of society and domination. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 43

Categorization

• XREF: Directly anticipates the Burns critique the reader is anchoring; also challenges Durkheim, connecting to broader sociology-of-knowledge debates. — connects to: People stereotype groups to justify an existing division of labor; Durkheim and Mauss argued cognitive categories derive from social relations; Gender stereotypes both reflect and reproduce the division of labor — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2922 (+9 more)
• DEFINE: Establishes the core hidden thesis that thought-forms encode domination before the reader proceeds to the culture-industry chapter.

Broader Connections

• People stereotype groups to justify an existing division of labor #corroborates (0.85)
• Stereotypes legitimize existing social hierarchy even against people’s own interests #corroborates (0.85) — Susan T. Fiske et al., A Model of (Often Mixed) Stereotype…, 43
• Durkheim and Mauss argued cognitive categories derive from social relations #corroborates (0.80)
• Gender stereotypes both reflect and reproduce the division of labor #exemplifies (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2922
• Society provides the categories of thought, not the content of taxonomies #qualifies (0.75)