The self-destruction of enlightenment really means false enlightenment blocking true enlightenment

Evidence

When decoded, the formulation `the self-destruction of enlightenment’ was misleading as a moral. It did not signify what it promised. What it really said was rather: all enlightenment up till now was not genuine enlightenment, but the prevention of genuine enlightenment. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 356

Categorization

• DEFINE: Translates the loaded phrase ‘self-destruction of enlightenment’ into its operative meaning.