>Herbert Marcuse remained with the CIA right up to the time of
>the Korean War. I haven't heard that the CIA funded the revival
>of the Frankfurt Institute after WW II but it wouldn't surprise me if
>they did, since the CIA in its early days was financing lots of liberal
>and social democratic groups, apparently on the premise that
>social democracy was to be supported as a viable alternative to the
>Communists.
It's easy to see how cultivating a highbrow weary resignation among leftist intellectuals would be in the CIA's interest. Marcuse stayed in the US & didn't follow the other boys home - it's hard to imagine Adorno breaking a UC chancellor's window.
Doug