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Works by Herbert Marcuse

An Essay on Liberation (1969) 490 copies
A Critique of Pure Tolerance (1965) 248 copies
Counterrevolution and Revolt (1972) 181 copies
El final de la utopia (1967) 81 copies
A Study on Authority (1936) 80 copies
Kultur und Gesellschaft 1 (1965) 35 copies
Culture et société (1968) 23 copies
Psicanalisi e politica (1969) 21 copies
From Luther to Popper (1983) 20 copies
Kultur und Gesellschaft 2 (1965) 17 copies
Järjen kritiikki (1991) 11 copies
La sociedad carnívora (2011) 10 copies
L'autorità e la famiglia (1970) 8 copies
Etica de La Revolucion (1970) 8 copies
Repressive Tolerance (1968) 5 copies
Schriften (2004) 5 copies
Marcuse ante sus Críticos (1970) — Author — 5 copies
Frigørelsen 5 copies
Cultura e psicanálise (2001) 5 copies
Politiske essays (1972) 4 copies
Merila vremena (1975) 4 copies
La Sociedad Opresora (1970) 3 copies
A grande recusa hoje (1999) 2 copies
Vernunft und Revolution (2020) 2 copies
Teoría y política (1980) 2 copies
Marcuse 2 copies
Actuels: 0000 (1976) 1 copy
Us ve Devrim (2007) 1 copy
Eros ve Uygarlik (2016) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Sunflower (1997) — Contributor — 1,129 copies
The Dialectics of Liberation (1968) — Contributor — 133 copies
Prophets of Deceit: A Study of the Techniques of the American Agitator (1949) — Preface, some editions — 65 copies
Philosophical Issues: A Contemporary Introduction (1972) — Contributor — 17 copies
Demokratischer und autoritärer Staat (1967) — Preface, some editions — 3 copies
The Analog Sea Review: Number Four (2022) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Canonical name
Marcuse, Herbert
Legal name
Marcuse, Herbert Hermann
Birthdate
1898-07-19
Date of death
1979-07-29
Burial location
Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin, Germany
Gender
male
Nationality
Germany (birth)
USA (naturalized 1940)
Country (for map)
Germany
Birthplace
Berlin, Germany
Place of death
Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Cause of death
stroke
Places of residence
Berlin, Germany
San Diego, California, USA
Education
University of Freiburg (Ph.D|1922)
Occupations
writer
social theorist
philosopher
political activist
sociologist
lecturer (show all 7)
professor
Relationships
Marcuse, Irene (granddaughter)
Marcuse, Harold (grandson)
Lowenthal, Leo (collaborator)
Moore, Barrington (friend)
Marcuse, Peter (son)
Organizations
Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt
Office of Strategic Services
Office of War Information
Brandeis University
University of California, San Diego
Awards and honors
American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division / President, 1968-1969)
Short biography
Herbert Marcuse was born and raised in a German Jewish family in Berlin. He was drafted into the German Army in World War I, but served only in a supportive job. In 1919, he participated in the failed socialist uprising of the Spartacists. He earned a Ph.D. in 1922 from the University of Freiburg and then moved back to Berlin, where he worked in publishing. In 1924, he married Sophie Wertheim, a mathematician. With his academic career blocked by the rise of the Nazi party, Marcuse joined the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurth in 1933 and was considered one of the most promising political theorists of his generation. Marcuse had to flee Germany and in 1934 he emigrated to the USA. Although he never returned to Germany to live, he remained one of the major theorists associated with the Frankfurt School. During World War II, Marcuse first worked for the U.S. Office of War Information on anti-Nazi propaganda projects and then for the Office of Strategic Services (which later became the CIA). After the war, Marcuse was employed by the U.S. State Department as head of the Central European section, retiring in 1951. In 1952 he began a teaching career as a political theorist, first at Columbia University, then at Harvard University, Brandeis University and the University of California, San Diego. He married two more times after the death of his first wife. Marcuse devoted his life to teaching, writing and giving lectures around the world.

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Goodish, but neither the first nor best on this theme.
 
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sfj2 | 21 other reviews | May 26, 2023 |
Philosophy for those who are young, dumb and full of cum!!!

 
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theoaustin | 7 other reviews | May 19, 2023 |
Utile tornare ai classici, soprattutto se non li si è mai letti. In Marcuse, al di là dell'iniziale barriera linguistico-ideologica (testo del 1964, ma sembra più vecchio), c'è una delle più concrete condanne del razionalismo tecnologico che guida la società occidentale. In questo senso, questo libro (di cui a essere mitico è già soltanto il titolo) fa il paio con quelli di autori come Anders, Mumford o anche Debord. Si muove tra la filosofia e la sociologia, e uno dei principali meriti del libro è quello di ragionare sulla relazione fra tecnologia, arte e filosofia. Non è inutile dire - come altri qui sotto - che il libro conserva tutta la sua attualità anche a distanza di 50 anni e oltre.… (more)
 
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d.v. | 21 other reviews | May 16, 2023 |
Saggio del '69 invecchiato a mio avviso non benissimo, che critica il capitalismo dei consumi guardando ai movimenti dei neri, agli hippy e alla rivoluzione cubana, evocando tesi non lontane da quelle che oggi sostengono gli accelerazionisti (superare l'attuale grazie alla tecnologia e spostarsi verso una società senza fatica orientata la gioco) e atterrando su una rimessa al centro del bello - non lontana dagli ideali della Grecia antica - che resta più evocativa che argomentata.
 
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