The Frankfurt School transferred its proletariat lens onto the Jews.

Evidence

Although he is perfectly respectable, he too has fallen victim to the superstitious view of the mysterious otherness of the Jews. I am beginning to feel, particularly under the influence of the latest news from Germany, that I cannot stop thinking about the fate of the Jews any more. It often seems to me that everything that we used to see from the point of view of the proletariat has been concentrated today with frightful force upon the Jews. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1139

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Critical Theory’s shift from class analysis to the Jewish question during WWII, a pivot documented across the Frankfurt School’s American exile period. — connects to: The fate of the Jews absorbed the proletariat’s world-historical role for Adorno — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1139

Broader Connections

• The fate of the Jews absorbed the proletariat’s world-historical role for Adorno #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1139