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Dossier · 1898–1970

Herbert Marcuse

Ideas, American teaching and the students who used and challenged them

Chronology

1898–1970

189819341970
11 dated events
  1. Marcuse is born in Berlin Reported · Source 3, On the Authors, p. xxii; PDF p. 22
  2. Marcuse joins the Institute in New York Reported · Source 4, pp. 146–147; PDF pp. 308–309
  3. OSS report proposes dissolving Nazi organizations Documented · Source 3, Report 16, pp. 253–254; PDF pp. 277–278
  4. Marcuse begins teaching at Brandeis Reported · Source 3, On the Authors, p. xxiii; PDF p. 23
  5. Eros and Civilization is published Reported · Source 3, On the Authors, p. xxiii; PDF p. 23 (1955 United States publication)
  6. One-Dimensional Man is published Reported · Source 1, Copyright page and original-publication line
  7. Marcuse moves from Brandeis to UC San Diego Reported · Source 3, On the Authors, p. xxiii; PDF p. 23
  8. Repressive Tolerance is published Reported · Source 6, Original-publication copyright; 1969 paperback, fifth printing 1970
  9. Davis resumes study with Marcuse Reported · Source 7, Davis preface, p. xi; PDF p. 12
  10. Marcuse’s New Left interview appears in the New York Times Magazine Reported · Source 7, p. 100, n. 1; PDF p. 115
  11. Radical America publishes Aronson’s assessment of Marcuse Documented · Source 2, Contents and Dear Herbert, pp. 3–5; PDF pp. 2, 5–7
Herbert Marcuse sits outdoors in a chair, holding a cigar.
Herbert Marcuse in Newton, Massachusetts, in 1955. Photo: Marcuse family, represented by Harold Marcuse, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. No changes. Photographer unidentified. Image source License Rights basis · The archive holds a license to publish this item.

Overview

Herbert Marcuse was a philosopher whose teaching gave American radical students a way to question ordinary life. He argued that comfort, work and consumption could help keep people obedient. His students also challenged him. [1], pp. 7–9; [2], Aronson, pp. 3–5

He was born in Berlin in 1898 and earned a doctorate at Freiburg in 1922. He joined the Institute for Social Research in exile and moved to the United States in 1934. His American work later included wartime analysis and university teaching. [3], On the Authors, pp. xxii–xxiii; [4], pp. 146–147

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