Nazi victory and emigration shifted power inside the Institute decisively toward Horkheimer.

Evidence

But the victory of the Nazis and emigration had weakened the social and journalistic position of these friends and strengthened Horkheimer’s, to such an extent that Adorno tended to see troublesome behaviour by Horkheimer as part of a sometimes inscrutable strategy for the long-term benefit of the Institute, while he saw troublesome behaviour on the part of Kracauer and his other intellectual partners as pieces of stupidity. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 183

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: A clean example of how political catastrophe redistributes intellectual authority within an institution — the exile context silently decided whose theory counted.
• XREF: connects to: Exile intensified Horkheimer’s dominance and the Institute’s hold on its members. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 165; Exile concentrated both Horkheimer’s personal power and the Institute’s appeal. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 589

Broader Connections

• Exile concentrated both Horkheimer’s personal power and the Institute’s appeal. #expands (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 589