Herbert Marcuse was a German and American philosopher, social critic and political theorist associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin in 1898, he studied under Martin Heidegger before becoming a prominent figure at the Institute for Social Research. During the 1960s and 1970s Marcuse emerged as a leading intellectual voice for the New Left and student activism in West Germany, France and the United States, drawing on Marxist thought to examine how capitalism, modern technology, Soviet communism and popular culture function together as mechanisms of social control. His best known works are Eros and Civilization, published in 1955, and One-Dimensional Man, published in 1964, both of which shaped the radical intellectuals and activists of the era and left a lasting mark on Western left-wing political philosophy.
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Defining MomentBecame known in the 1960s and 1970s as the pre-eminent theorist of the New Left and the student movements of West Germany, France and the United States, at times called the Father of the New Left. 1 Notable PublicationOne-Dimensional Man (1964) 1 Office HeldProfessor, Brandeis University, 1954 to 1965; professor, University of California, San Diego, 1965 to 1970; earlier taught at Columbia University and Harvard University 1 Death PlaceStarnberg, West Germany 1 TraditionFrankfurt School critical theory; Western Marxism; Continental philosophy 1 Tradition
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What did Herbert Marcuse do during the Second World War?
He worked for the United States Office of War Information and then the Office of Strategic Services.
Marcuse emigrated to the United States in June 1934 and served at the Frankfurt School institute's Columbia University branch from 1934 through 1942. In 1942 he went to Washington, D.C., to work for the Office of War Information, on anti-Nazi propaganda projects, and afterward for the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. He became a United States citizen in 1940.
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Herbert Marcuse ( mar-KOO-zə; German: [maʁˈkuːzə]; July 19, 1898 – July 29, 1979) was a German and American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.
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Marcuse was born July 19, 1898, in Berlin, to Carl Marcuse and Gertrud Kreslawsky.
Biography > Early years (birth date)
Marcuse was born July 19, 1898, in Berlin, to Carl Marcuse and Gertrud Kreslawsky.
Biography > Early years (birthplace)
Marcuse was born July 19, 1898, in Berlin, to Carl Marcuse and Gertrud Kreslawsky.
Biography > Death (year)
he suffered a stroke and died on July 29, 1979, ten days after his eighty-first birthday.
Biography > Death (date)
he suffered a stroke and died on July 29, 1979, ten days after his eighty-first birthday.
Biography > Death (place)
to visit the Max Planck Institute for the Study of the Scientific-Technical World in Starnberg, where he had delivered lectures and participated in discussions from 1974 to 1979
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The best-known works of Herbert Marcuse are Eros and Civilization (1955) and One-Dimensional Man (1964).
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In the 1960s and the 1970s, he became known as the pre-eminent theorist of the New Left and the student movements of West Germany, France, and the United States; some consider him "the Father of the New Left".
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Marcuse worked at Brandeis University from 1954 to 1965, then at the University of California, San Diego from 1965 to 1970.
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was a German and American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.
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Herbert Marcuse ( mar-KOO-zə; German: [maʁˈkuːzə]; July 19, 1898, July 29, 1979) was a German and American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.
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