Herbert Marcuse

Critical TheoryGermany1898

OriginGermany

Era1898

SchoolCritical Theory

About Herbert Marcuse

One-Dimensional Man argued that consumer capitalism absorbs all opposition. Fused Freud with Marx in Eros and Civilization. Named total dissent the Great Refusal. Fled Germany in 1933 and worked for US intelligence during the war. Became the house philosopher of the New Left. Angela Davis studied with him in California.

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