The Long
Insurgency

The Problem of Violence: Questions and Answers

Herbert Marcuse

1967 · Interview

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English translation of questions and answers from Das Ende der Utopie (1967); MIA transcription credited to Marcuse family website

English translation of questions and answers from Das Ende der Utopie (1967); MIA transcription credited to Marcuse family website

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The Problem of Violence: Questions and Answers . Marcuse, “The Problem of Violence: Questions and Answers” (1967), translated from Das Ende der Utopie by Jeremy Shapiro and Shierry M. Weber; Marxists Internet Archive transcription, source credited to the Marcuse family website. Answer to Lefevre's question about revisionism, paragraphs beginning “It is necessary to see important differences” and “Not because it believed.” A later recollection about 1917–1919, not a contemporary party record. Consulted October 17, 2026.