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Herbert Marcuse

Herbert Marcuse

GermanJuly 19, 1898 – July 29, 1979Philosophy

Marcuse became the philosopher of the New Left, arguing in Eros and Civilization and One-Dimensional Man that advanced capitalism represses both desire and critical thought. He was the intellectual guru of the 1960s student movement.

Works

  • Eros and CivilizationMarxist argument that repression of desire underlies capitalist social control→
  • One-Dimensional ManCritique of mass society arguing late capitalism creates conformity and false consciousness→
  • Reason and RevolutionHistorical analysis of Hegel's dialectics and its relationship to modern political thought→
  • An Essay on LiberationEssay outlining conditions necessary for liberation from capitalist domination→
  • The Aesthetic DimensionTheory arguing aesthetic experience can provide resistance to instrumental rationality→
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