Influence
American collaboration and a student’s response
The prejudice study joined the Institute with the Berkeley Public Opinion Study. It is a concrete case of researchers from different institutions combining methods. Its sample cannot establish how common the measured attitudes were across America. [2], preface; ch. VIII, sampling-bias discussion
Angela Davis recalled studying with Adorno in Frankfurt. She said he discouraged her wish to combine philosophy with direct activism. Her account helps explain a difference she saw between Adorno and Marcuse as teachers. [4], Davis preface, p. xi