When was Herbert Marcuse born and where did he die?
Herbert Marcuse was born on the 19th of July 1898 in Berlin. He died in 1979 after residing in the United States since his emigration in June 1934.
Herbert Marcuse was born on the 19th of July 1898 in Berlin. He died in 1979 after residing in the United States since his emigration in June 1934.
Herbert Marcuse left Nazi Germany because Martin Heidegger joined the Nazi Party in 1933, which meant Marcuse would not qualify as a professor under the new regime. He subsequently emigrated to the United States in June 1934 to work for the University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research.
Herbert Marcuse wrote Eros and Civilization published in 1955 and One-Dimensional Man appeared in 1964. These books inspired many radical intellectuals and political activists during the 1960s and 1970s.
Herbert Marcuse argued that postwar mass culture with its profusion of sexual provocations serves to reinforce political repression through repressive desublimation. This mechanism locks one-dimensional man into the capitalist system by creating false needs and false consciousness geared to consumption.
Herbert Marcuse delivered his public lecture titled Marxism and Feminism in 1974 at Stanford. In this speech he stated that the Women's Liberation Movement is perhaps the most important and potentially the most radical political movement available.