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- Creator
- Herbert Marcuse
- Original publication
- 1937
- Type
- Article
Editions and holdings
- Art and Liberation, Collected Papers vol. 4, ed. Douglas Kellner; Routledge electronic 2006/print 2007 · Art and Liberation, Collected Papers vol. 4, ed. Douglas Kellner; Routledge electronic 2006/print 2007
Locator details
- Reference ID
- EDN-000281
Complete existing research record
Marcuse credits Horkheimer's remarks with prompting the essay. He argues that promises of inner freedom and beauty can reconcile people to material suffering, but also recognizes art's expression of pain and desire for a better life. His argument concerns culture's conflicting roles, not a claim that all art is propaganda.