The Institute’s members never adopted a proletarian lifestyle despite their Marxist politics

Evidence

In fact, one might argue that the strong ethical tone of Critical Theory was a product of the incorporation of the values likely to be espoused in a close-knit Jewish home. In any case, there is little to suggest that the Institut’s members carried their rejection of the commercial mentality of their parents into outright personal rebellion. Despite the fervent expressions of solidarity with the proletariat that appeared throughout their work in the pre-emigration period, at no time did a member of the Institut affect the life-style of the working class. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 170

Categorization

• XREF: Sets up the recurring question of how revolutionary theory squares with bourgeois life — connects to the book’s later treatment of Adorno’s return to luxurious postwar Germany. — connects to: Institut members rejected capitalist values in theory but kept bourgeois habits in practice. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 170

Broader Connections

• Institut members rejected capitalist values in theory but kept bourgeois habits in practice. #corroborates (0.95) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 170