The protest movement pressed Adorno on how art relates to political transformation.

Evidence

Had the protest movement caused Adorno, no matter how little he cared to admit it, to change his view of the general condition of late capitalist society and, in turn, to change his view of the opportunities and dangers facing art, which corresponded to the general condition of society in a manner that was difficult to comprehend? Would it have been possible for Aesthetic Theory to act as a corrective against rash cultural-revolutionary endeavours in the protest movement and to strengthen the critique of the neutralization of culture that the protest movement contained? — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 680

Categorization

• QUESTION: Was Aesthetic Theory ever conceived as a corrective to student cultural revolution — and did Adorno himself see the continuity?
• XREF: connects to: Adorno prioritized completing his aesthetics work over political participation — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2625; Adorno believed a knowledge of art made the turn to social theory necessary. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1257; Adorno held that art anticipating despair moves reality toward change — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2236 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adorno prioritized completing his aesthetics work over political participation — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2625; Adorno believed a knowledge of art made the turn to social theory necessary. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1257; Adorno held that art anticipating despair moves reality toward change — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2236 (+4 more)