Herbert Marcuse was a German and American philosopher, social critic and political theorist, born in Berlin in 1898 and associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. He studied at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin and the University of Freiburg, earning his doctorate under Martin Heidegger, and became a prominent figure at the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research. In his writings he criticized capitalism, modern technology, Soviet communism and popular culture, arguing that each represented a new form of social control. He died in 1979. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / CultureGerman (naturalized United States citizen in 1940) 1 Defining ContributionLeading theorist of the Frankfurt School and the New Left, known for critiques of advanced industrial society, one-dimensional thought and repressive tolerance; widely called the Father of the New Left in the 1960s and 1970s. 1 Notable WorkOne-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society (1964) 1 Herbert Marcuse
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Marcuse joined Horkheimer Institute for Social Research in the 1930s and contributed to its early critical theory program.
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Davis was Marcuse graduate student, studying under him at Brandeis and following him to the University of California, San Diego.
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Herbert Marcuse was a German and American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.
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