Herbert Marcuse

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Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher and critical theorist associated with the Frankfurt School, known for his critiques of advanced industrial society and influential works such as "One-Dimensional Man."

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instanceOf Frankfurt School theorist
critical theorist
human
philosopher
political philosopher
causeOfDeath stroke
citizenship Germany
United States of America
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath West Germany
dateOfBirth 1898-07-19
dateOfDeath 1979-07-29
doctoralAdvisor Martin Heidegger
educatedAt Freiburg University
Humboldt University of Berlin
employer Brandeis University
Columbia University
Harvard University
Institute for Social Research
University of California, San Diego
familyName Marcuse
fieldOfWork Marxist theory
aesthetics
philosophy of technology
political theory
social philosophy
fullName Herbert Marcuse
givenName Herbert
influenced 1960s student movements
Angela Davis
Douglas Kellner
Jürgen Habermas
New Left
influencedBy G. W. F. Hegel
Karl Marx
Martin Heidegger
Max Weber
Sigmund Freud
language English
German
mainInterest aesthetic dimension of politics
critique of advanced industrial society
liberation theory
movement Frankfurt School
Western Marxism
critical theory
notableIdea great refusal
one-dimensional society
repressive desublimation
notableWork An Essay on Liberation
Counterrevolution and Revolt
Eros and Civilization
One-Dimensional Man
Reason and Revolution
participatedIn World War I
placeOfBirth Berlin
placeOfDeath Starnberg
religion Judaism
servedIn German Army
spouse Erica Sherover
Inge Neumann
Sophie Wertheim


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