The Institute’s emigration tore apart intimate partnerships among its members

Evidence

The problems of exile, real or imagined financial difficulties, and the patriarchal conduct and indecisiveness of the Institute’s directors, together with Horkheimer’s need for security, produced an unpredictable jumble of insecurities from which none of the members of its staff was spared. In 1939 Horkheimer told Benjamin that in spite of our efforts, it is possible that the day may come in the not too distant future when we will have to inform you that, with the best will in the world, we are not in a position to renew your research contract.' In the spring of 1939, Pollock told Fromm that from that October the Institute would no longer be able to pay his salary ($330 per month). — <cite>Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1091</cite> (#expands`, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even the most submissive Institute members felt betrayed by the exile relocations.; Exile and financial insecurity destabilized every Institute staff member — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1091; Exile dispersed the Institute’s staff into private homes and outside affiliations, dissolving collective research.

Broader Connections

• Even the most submissive Institute members felt betrayed by the exile relocations. #expands (0.85)
• Exile dispersed the Institute’s staff into private homes and outside affiliations, dissolving collective research. #expands (0.85)
• Exile and financial insecurity destabilized every Institute staff member #expands (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1091