Marcuse: Critical Theory and the Promise of Utopia
Distinguished scholars—Jurgen Habermas, Claus Offe, Douglas Kellner, and Martin Jay, among others—draw upon historical, theoretical, and biographical information to assess Marcuse's philosophy, from its grounding in classical German idealism, through the break with Heidegger, to his role in the American counterculture of the sixties and seventies. Indispensable for anyone interested in an in-depth understanding of one of the most burbaning issues of our time: the relation of critical theory to social action.
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Marcuse: Critical Theory and the Promise of Utopia
Distinguished scholars—Jurgen Habermas, Claus Offe, Douglas Kellner, and Martin Jay, among others—draw upon historical, theoretical, and biographical information to assess Marcuse's philosophy, from its grounding in classical German idealism, through the break with Heidegger, to his role in the American counterculture of the sixties and seventies. Indispensable for anyone interested in an in-depth understanding of one of the most burbaning issues of our time: the relation of critical theory to social action.
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Marcuse: Critical Theory and the Promise of Utopia

Marcuse: Critical Theory and the Promise of Utopia

Marcuse: Critical Theory and the Promise of Utopia

Marcuse: Critical Theory and the Promise of Utopia

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Distinguished scholars—Jurgen Habermas, Claus Offe, Douglas Kellner, and Martin Jay, among others—draw upon historical, theoretical, and biographical information to assess Marcuse's philosophy, from its grounding in classical German idealism, through the break with Heidegger, to his role in the American counterculture of the sixties and seventies. Indispensable for anyone interested in an in-depth understanding of one of the most burbaning issues of our time: the relation of critical theory to social action.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780897891073
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/31/1987
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

ROBERT PIPPIN is in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.

ANDREW FEENBERG is in the Department of Philosophy at San Diego State University.

CHARLES P. WEBEL is in the Department of Philosophy at California State University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Negation and Affirmation
Philosophical Origins
The Aesthetic Dimension
The Psychological Dimension
The Political Dimension
The Technological Dimension
Bibliography
Index

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