Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was a philosopher and critical social theorist. He was a member of the Institute for Social Research, along with Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer. His best-known works are Reason and Revolution (1940); Eros and Civilization (1955); and One Dimensional Man (1964). His work exerted a profound influence on the New Left and the radical counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s.
“Against the lies and mystifications of a cynical ‘realism,’
Marcuse insists on the real basis of utopia — an insistence we need
today more than ever.”
"Marcuse also shows a path to a concrete utopia made possible by
the achievements of the existing society. The essays in his volume
are once again timely as rising social conflict on the right and
the left challenges conventional thinking.”
“These texts indicate how and why Marcuse was a key influence on
the New Left and radical politics during the last two decades of
his life in the 1960s and 1970s, and his continuing relevance for
radical theory and politics today.”
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