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Herbert Marcuse
(1898 - 1979)
German sociologist and philosopher
German sociologist and philosopher
German sociologist and philosopher associated with the Frankfurt School and critical theory.
Herbert Marcuse was born in 1898 and emerged as a leading figure of the Frankfurt School. He taught at the University of Frankfurt before emigrating to the United States in 1934. Marcuse held academic positions at Columbia and UCLA, where he influenced generations of students. His influential work One-Dimensional Man critiqued consumer society and advanced industrial culture. Marcuse's ideas became foundational for the New Left movement of the 1960s. He died in 1979, leaving a profound legacy in philosophy and social theory.
1979
Herbert Marcuse