Symbiotic interpersonal routines prevented Critical Theorists from questioning their own aims.
Evidence
But the relationships between Horkheimer and Adorno, and Horkheimer and Pollock, were so routine and symbiotic that discussions never arose which called accustomed strategies into question, or which called into question ideaswhich had deteriorated into mere formulasabout the significance and aims of their own activities. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 457
Categorization
- XREF: Mutual admiration societies can harden an entire intellectual school’s assumptions, relevant to how any institution loses self-critique. — connects to: Postwar Critical Theory reframed its target as the collective’s assault on individual autonomy. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 425; The trio’s routine symbiosis prevented self-questioning of their aims. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1857; Deep mutual reservations prevented the Critical Theorists from resolving their differences. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 534 (+4 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Postwar Critical Theory reframed its target as the collective’s assault on individual autonomy. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 425; The trio’s routine symbiosis prevented self-questioning of their aims. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1857; Deep mutual reservations prevented the Critical Theorists from resolving their differences. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 534 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- The trio’s routine symbiosis prevented self-questioning of their aims.
#corroborates(1.00) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1857 - Theorists’ political loyalties and productive interests can violently contradict each other
#complicates(0.73) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 236