The Frankfurt School’s New Left influence peaked only decades after its founding

Evidence

The Frankfurt School had just begun to emerge into public consciousness as a theoretical inspiration-still, to be sure, only dimly understood—of the New Left here and abroad. Its impact was, in fact, now spreading well beyond the confines of academia. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 4

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to how critical theory’s reception history lagged its production - connects to post-war Institute’s reinstitutionalization story. — connects to: The 1960s student movement alienated the aging Frankfurt School leadership — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 6; The pre-1950 Frankfurt School’s dilemmas anticipated and fueled the postwar New Left — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 76; The Frankfurt School’s scholarly moment ended but its reception lay ahead (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The Frankfurt School’s scholarly moment ended but its reception lay ahead #expands (0.95)
• Postwar New Leftists rediscovered the Frankfurt School through pirated and reissued pre-1950 writings #expands (0.90) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 76
• The pre-1950 Frankfurt School’s dilemmas anticipated and fueled the postwar New Left #expands (0.88) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 76
• The 1960s student movement alienated the aging Frankfurt School leadership #qualifies (0.80) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 6
• The Frankfurt School label originated as an outsider term in the 1960s #corroborates (0.70)