Herbert Marcuse
Born 19 July 1898 · Died 29 July 1979
From Berlin, Germany · Nationality: United States, Switzerland, Germany, Weimar Republic, West Germany · Writes nonfiction
Herbert Marcuse (July 19, 1898 – July 29, 1979) was a German-American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at the universities of Berlin and then at Freiburg, where he received his PhD. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research – what later became known as the Frankfurt School. He was married to Sophie Wertheim (1924–1951), Inge Neumann (1955–1973), and Erica Sherover (1976–1979). In his written works, he criticized capitalism, modern technology, historical materialism and entertainment culture, arguing that they represent new forms of social control.
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Quotes
“By virtue of the way it has organized its technological base, contemporary industrial society tends to be totalitarian. For “totalitarian” is not only a terroristic political coordination of society, but also a non-terroristic economic-technical coordination which operates through the manipulation of needs by vested interests.”
One-Dimensional Man, p. 5 “The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It.”
One-Dimensional Man, p. 57 “Nobody really thinks who does not abstract from that which is given, who does not relate the facts to the factors which have made them, who does not — in his mind — undo the facts. Abstractness is the very life of thought, the token of its authenticity.”
One-Dimensional Man, p. 134 “The world of immediate experience—the world in which we find ourselves living—must be comprehended, transformed, even subverted in order to become that which it really is.”
One-Dimensional Man, p. 123 “The tangible source of exploitation disappears behind the façade of objective rationality.”
One-Dimensional Man, p. 32
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Books by Herbert Marcuse in order
Books by Herbert Marcuse in the order they were published, from Reason and Revolution (1941) to A Study on Authority (2008).
- 1Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution1941 - 2Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization1955 - 3Soviet Marxism
Soviet Marxism1958 - 4Soviet Marxism: A Critical AnalysisSoviet Marxism: A Critical Analysis1961
- 5One Dimensional Man
One Dimensional Man1963 - 6Eros and CivilisationEros and Civilisation1966
- 7The Critical Spirit
The Critical Spirit1967 - 8Negations; Essays in Critical Theory
Negations; Essays in Critical Theory1968 - 9An Essay on Liberation
An Essay on Liberation1969 - 10Five Lectures
Five Lectures1970 - 11Counterrevolution and Revolt
Counterrevolution and Revolt1972 - 12Studies in Critical Philosophy
Studies in Critical Philosophy1972 - 13The Aesthetic Dimension : Toward a Critique of Marxist Aesth
The Aesthetic Dimension : Toward a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics1978 - 14Triebstruktur Und GesellschaftTriebstruktur Und Gesellschaft1979
- 15The New Left and the 1960s
The New Left and the 1960s2004 - 16The Essential MarcuseThe Essential Marcuse2007
- 17A Study on Authority
A Study on Authority2008 - 18From Luther to Popper
From Luther to Popper - 19Hegel's Ontology and the Theory of Historicity
Hegel's Ontology and the Theory of Historicity