Herbert Marcuse
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