Marcuse’s Reason and Revolution was pursued partly to ease his departure from the Institute

Evidence

Lowenthal regularly reported to Horkheimer disrespectful remarks made about him by Neumann and Marcuse, who were friends, and Lowenthal’s attitude to Marcuse could hardly be kept hidden for very long. Lowenthal hoped that Marcuse’s book on Hegel and the origin of social theory, Reason and Revolution, which was published in the spring of 1941, would assist both the Institute and Marcusein other words, that it would help Marcuse to separate himself from the Institute. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1092

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the intellectual biography of Marcuse’s break from the Frankfurt School later in the book. — connects to: Marcuse’s Heideggerian past kept him in a subordinate, probationary status at the Institute. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 592; Marcuse’s militancy alienated him from his former Institute colleagues. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 4; Marcuse’s Reason and Revolution sought to absolve Hegel from Nazi association. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 290 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Marcuse’s militancy alienated him from his former Institute colleagues. #qualifies (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 4
• Marcuse’s Reason and Revolution sought to absolve Hegel from Nazi association. #responds-to (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 290
• Marcuse’s Reason and Revolution defined Marx’s dialectic as historical rather than ontological. #expands (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 293