The Frankfurt School’s notion of Enlightenment expanded to cover all Western thought

Evidence

In his subsequent writings Horkheimer spent little time with Vico, but the critique of the Enlightenment made by the Italian theorist was one he continued to share. In his essays in the Zeitschrill he frequently castigated the legacy of Cartesian dualism in Western thought. The stress on nonidentity in Critical Theory never meant the absolute separation of subject and object. Such a separation, the Frankfurt School held, was connected to the needs of the rising capitalist order. … Instead of being the cultural correlate of the ascending bourgeoisie, it was expanded to include the entire spectrum of Western thought. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 778

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the chapter on antisemitism in the Dialectic and its precapitalist archaic roots, which depart from orthodox Marxism. — connects to: The Dialectic of Enlightenment targeted the whole Western rationalist tradition, not just Marxism — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 781; The Frankfurt School saw Enlightenment’s collapse into totalitarianism as latent in its own reason — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 342; Nineteenth-century Europe traded Enlightenment universalism for imperialist superiority — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 119 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The Dialectic of Enlightenment targeted the whole Western rationalist tradition, not just Marxism #expands (0.95) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 781
• The Frankfurt School saw Enlightenment’s collapse into totalitarianism as latent in its own reason #expands (0.90) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 342
• Nineteenth-century Europe traded Enlightenment universalism for imperialist superiority #contradicts (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 119