The Ruthless Critique of Everything Existing
The Ruthless Critique of Everything Existing How Marcuse helps us understand the ecological crisis of the 21st centuryFor several years after 1968, Herbert Marcuse was one of the most famous…
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The Ruthless Critique of Everything Existing
How Marcuse helps us understand the ecological crisis of the 21st centuryFor several years after 1968, Herbert Marcuse was one of the most famous philosophers in the world. His fame rested on two remarkable books, Eros and Civilization and One-Dimensional Man. He became the face of Frankfurt School Critical Theory for a generation in turmoil.
Marcuse not only supported their struggles against imperialism and race and gender discrimination, he foresaw the far-reaching implications of the destruction of the natural environment. These two books represent the utopian hopes and dystopian fears of the time.In the 1960s and 70s, young people seeking a theoretical basis for their revolution found it in his work. Marcuse's Marxism was influenced by Husserl and Heidegger, Hegel and Freud.These eclectic sources grounded an original critique of advanced