The Frankfurt School conceived ideology critique as encompassing human constitution, not just consciousness.

Evidence

The plan of the work as a whole is concerned with a comprehensive critique of current ideology. Ideology is taken here to mean not only consciousness, but also the constitution of humanity in the current phase, thus anthropology in the sense in which the concept is used in Egoism and the Freedom Movement'. Particular emphasis is given to the connection between the practical, realistic’ mindto which pragmatism has given its philosophical expressionand fascism. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1312

Categorization

• DEFINE: Expands the concept of ideology beyond mere consciousness to include anthropology — the constitution of humanity in a given phase.
• XREF: Aligns with the reader’s Critical Theory focus — this is the Frankfurt School redefining ideology critique as it moves toward the Dialectic of Enlightenment. — connects to: The Frankfurt philosophy faculty pioneered systematic ideology critique around 1930. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 457