The next generation of German sociologists rejected critical theory’s historical mode

Evidence

Adorno reported to Horkheimer that Dahrendorf had accepted a superb job offer from the University of Saarbrücken, and had emphasized that his decision was irrevocable by saying that he felt he did not belong with Horkheimer and Adorno in the theoretical field. For Dahrendorf, they thought too historically', while he wanted to work along the lines of formal sociology and the sociology of knowledge. Adorno wrote, He is probably the strongest evidence for our thesis that, in the strict sense, there will be nothing to follow us.’ — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 496

Categorization

• SHARE: A precise, niche datum about Dahrendorf’s 1954 departure and his stated reason; good for someone working on postwar German sociology specifically.
• XREF: connects to: Critical Theory makes transcending existing society a sociologist’s professional duty — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 469; Post-war German sociology ignored American social theory and its empirical grounding — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2047; The Frankfurt School’s rejection of teleological progress anticipates postmodernism’s abandonment of meta-narratives (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Critical Theory makes transcending existing society a sociologist’s professional duty — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 469; Post-war German sociology ignored American social theory and its empirical grounding — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2047; The Frankfurt School’s rejection of teleological progress anticipates postmodernism’s abandonment of meta-narratives (+3 more)