ABSTRACT
On returning from his 1969 recollections to a direct examination of “The Psychological Technique of Martin Luther Thomas’ Radio Addresses” itself, we will not be surprised to find throughout this earlier manuscript the sociological dialectic that Adorno later trumpeted in “Scientific Experiences.” However, the dialectic often does not appear in forms as simple or transparent as those outlined in this later work. In fact, upon closer examination, Adorno’s critical, qualitative content analysis of Thomas’ addresses turns out to contain many examples of the dialectic that are of a far more complex composition than indicated in the later essay.
