The Berkeley project aimed to prove experimentally that anti-Semitism threatens democracy

Evidence

From the beginning, Adorno put great emphasis in his elaboration of the F-scale on the ambivalent relation between conservatism and rebelliousness, bearing in mind Horkheimer’s frequent reminders that the immediate value' of the Berkeley project for the Committee lay in evidence of a connection between anti-Semitism, fascism and the destructive character’, in `experimental proof of the threat that anti-Semitism poses to democratic civilization’. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1584

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1584
• XREF: connects to: The Berkeley group explained anti-Semitism through personality structure interacting with external factors — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1522; Horkheimer sought scientific proof that anti-Semitism is a symptom of hostility to democracy. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1527; The Berkeley authoritarianism study’s success came from ignoring the objective dimension of anti-Semitism. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 762 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The Berkeley authoritarianism study’s success came from ignoring the objective dimension of anti-Semitism. #contradicts (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 762