The Institute traded publication for citations and excluded Bloch from its journal

Evidence

In 1937 Adorno, after consulting Horkheimer, asked Bloch to send, without obligation, a sample from the manuscript of his book on the problem of materialism. What he and Horkheimer had in mind was an exchange: they would publish an extract from Bloch’s text in the journal in exchange for a mention of the Horkheimer circle’s materialist theory in Bloch’s book. But on reading the manuscript Adorno’s fears were confirmedfears concerning not so much Bloch’s utopianism' or party loyalty’ as a `certain irresponsible philosophical improvisation’. The Institute never published anything by Bloch, and none of his books was ever reviewed in the journal, but it helped him for a time in the early 1940s with a monthly stipend of $50. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 210

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the Institute’s suppression of Fromm’s worker study and strategic self-censorship for American funders. — connects to: Adorno, Horkheimer, Bloch and Benjamin shared one historical-materialist program — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 209; Adorno suppressed a journal article to protect Institute funding negotiations — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 429; Long-form book publication pulled studies away from the planned journal — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2008 (+3 more)
• DEFINE: Adorno’s objection to Bloch rests on ‘irresponsible philosophical improvisation’ — a precise criterion of Institute style.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adorno, Horkheimer, Bloch and Benjamin shared one historical-materialist program — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 209; Adorno suppressed a journal article to protect Institute funding negotiations — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 429; Long-form book publication pulled studies away from the planned journal — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2008 (+3 more)