The Long
Insurgency

Dossier · 1962–2015

Ronald Aronson

A student who used Marcuse's ideas to challenge both society and his teacher

Chronology

1962–2015

196219892015
6 dated events
  1. Aronson enters Brandeis to study with Marcuse Documented · Source 1, p. 188
  2. Aronson defends his dissertation at Brandeis Documented · Source 1, p. 188
  3. Aronson leads Liberation School discussions after the Columbia strike Documented · Source 1, pp.188–189
  4. Aronson contributes to the Socialist Scholars Conference debate Documented · Source 2, unpaginated introduction; Breinesp.29
  5. Radical America publishes 'Dear Herbert' Documented · Source 2, masthead; pp. 3–18
  6. Aronson publishes his New Left retrospective Documented · Source 1, title/copyright pages; pp. 188–201

Sources

Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.

  1. A New Insurgency: The Port Huron Statement and Its Times Howard Brick and Gregory Parker (editors); Ronald Aronson (chapter author). 2015.
    Sources and reading notes

    Ronald Aronson, 'A New Left Philosophical Itinerary: Marcuse, Sartre, and Then Camus,' in Howard Brick and Gregory Parker, eds., A New Insurgency: The Port Huron Statement and Its Times (Ann Arbor: Maize Books, Michigan Publishing, 2015), pp. 188–201. The inspected library PDF places these at PDF pages 201–214. ISBN 978-1-60785-350-3 (paper), 978-1-60785-351-0 (ebook). A firsthand retrospective account.

  2. Radical America, volume 4, number 3 (April 1970) Ronald Aronson, Martin Jay, Paul Breines and other contributors.
    Sources and reading notes

    Ronald Aronson, 'Dear Herbert,' Radical America 4, no. 3 (April 1970), pp. 3–18; also the unpaginated issue introduction. Original issue, Brown University Library . Printed page 3 is PDF page 5. The letter ends on printed page 18; the following pages contain images and advertising.

    Sources and reading notes

    Paul Breines, 'Notes on Marcuse and the Movement,' Radical America 4, no. 3 (April 1970), pp. 29–32. Original issue . The essay identifies the 1969 conference setting and directly discusses Aronson's contribution.

Research notes and unresolved sources

These archive notes identify research retrieval or evidence that still needs a bibliographic source. They are kept for verification.

Sources and reading notes

These sources establish Aronson's account and a published response. They do not yet trace adoption by later organizations. Precise dates for his reader role and the end of his study with Marcuse remain unresolved. Further evidence on Sartre and Camus belongs to a separate research branch, not an assumed Marcuse-only chain.

Complete existing research record