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Herbert Marcuse - An Aesthetics of Liberation (Paperback)
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Herbert Marcuse - An Aesthetics of Liberation (Paperback)
Series: Modern European Thinkers
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When capitalism is clearly catastrophically out of control and its
excesses cannot be sustained socially or ecologically, the ideas of
Herbert Marcuse become as relevant as they were in the 1960s. This
is the first English introduction to Marcuse to be published for
decades, and it deals specifically with his aesthetic theories and
their relation to a critical theory of society. Although Marcuse is
best known as a critic of consumer society, epitomizd in the
classic "One-Dimensional Man," Malcolm Miles provides an insight
into how Marcuse's aesthetic theories evolved within his broader
attitudes, from his anxiety at the rise of fascism in the 1930s
through heady optimism of the 1960s, to acceptance in the 1970s
that radical art becomes an invaluable progressive force when
political change has become deadlocked. Marcuse's aesthetics of
liberation, in which art assumes a primary role in interrupting the
operation of capitalism, made him a key figure for the student
movement in the 1960s. As diverse forms of resistance rise once
more, a new generation of students, scholars, and activists will
find Marcuse's radical theory essential to their struggle.
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