Herbert Marcuse
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Herbert Marcuse was a German philosopher and political theorist (1898–1979) who developed influential critiques of modern capitalist society and its effects on human freedom. His ideas became especially important to radical movements in the 1960s because he argued that advanced industrial societies use culture and consumption to control people's desires and prevent them from imagining alternatives to the existing system.
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- 19 Jul 1898
- Died
- 29 Jul 1979
- Works
- 103
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- Versuch über die Befreiung
- Eros et civilisation
- Reason and revolution
- Gespräche mit Herbert Marcuse
- Der eindimensionale Mensch
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Herbert Marcuse (/mɑːrˈkuːzə/ mar-KOO-zə; German: [maʁˈkuːzə]; July 19, 1898 – July 29, 1979) was a German and American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin and then at the University of Freiburg, where he received his PhD under the supervision of Martin Heidegger. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research, which later became known as the Frankfurt School. In his written works, he criticized capitalism, modern technology, Soviet Communism, and popular culture, arguing that they represent new forms of social control.
Between 1943 and 1950, Marcuse worked in U.S. government service for the Office of Strategic Services (predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency) where he criticized the ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the book Soviet Marxism: A Critical Analysis (1958). In the 1960s and the 1970s, he became known as the pre-eminent theorist of the New Left and the student movements of West Germany, France, and the United States; some consider him "the Father of the New Left".
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