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Critical Theory & Culture

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Marcuse and Buhle: why culture mattered

From Marcuse’s 1937 essay to an American radical journal in 1968: how culture became part of an argument about political change.

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1937 → 1968

Marcuse’s culture essay, from publication to citation

Marcuse’s essay first appeared in German in 1937. Buhle cited it in a 1968 article on American radicalism. The citation does not establish how readers responded.

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  1. 1937

    Work · documented claim

    Marcuse’s The Affirmative Character of Culture appears

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  2. 1959–1960

    Teaching · documented claim

    Marcuse teaches Angela Davis in a Kant tutorial

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  3. July–August 1968

    Reception · documented claim

    Buhle cites Marcuse’s essay on culture

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  4. July–August 1969

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    Radical America reprints Marcuse’s Brumaire epilogue

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