The Institute developed an experimental film as a scientific instrument for measuring anti-Semitism.
Evidence
We developed the measurement scale and we designed the experimental motion picture which, I think, is the only scientific instrument to test the exact amount of antisemitism at any time among a given group . — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 387
Categorization
- CANDY: A social-science institute commissioning a Hollywood studio picture to measure unconscious anti-Semitism is genuinely odd and tweetable.
- SHARE: The ‘experimental motion picture as antisemitism meter’ detail is niche enough to send to someone working on propaganda and film.
- XREF: connects to: The Institute’s anti-Semitism research spanned character structure, childhood, propaganda, and film. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 402; Horkheimer promised natural-science accuracy for measuring unconscious anti-Semitism via a studio-made film. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 387; The Institute’s anti-Semitism project sought to expose latent tendencies at subconscious levels — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1141 (+4 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Institute’s anti-Semitism research spanned character structure, childhood, propaganda, and film. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 402; Horkheimer promised natural-science accuracy for measuring unconscious anti-Semitism via a studio-made film. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 387; The Institute’s anti-Semitism project sought to expose latent tendencies at subconscious levels — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1141 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Horkheimer promised natural-science accuracy for measuring unconscious anti-Semitism via a studio-made film.
#expands(0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 387