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Herbert Marcuse

1898 - 1979

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Herbert Marcuse ( mar-KOO-zə; German: [maʁˈkuːzə]; July 19, 1898 – July 29, 1979) was a German–American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at Berlin's Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin and then at the University of Freiburg, where he received his PhD. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research, which later became known as the Frankfurt School. In his written works, he criticized capitalism, modern technology, Soviet Communism, and popular culture, arguing that they represent new forms of social control. Between 1943 and 1950, Marcuse worked in U.S. government service for the Office of Strategic Services (predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency) where he criticized the ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the book Soviet Marxism: A Critical Analysis (1958). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Marcuse is the 164th most popular philosopher (down from 154th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Germany (down from 241st in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Philosopher.

Herbert Marcuse is most famous for his theory of "repressive tolerance." Marcuse argues that the world is divided into two types of people: the "repressors" and the "repressed." The repressors are those who have power and privilege in society, and they use their power to keep the repressed in their place. Marcuse argues that the repressed should not be tolerant of the repression of the repressors, but rather should actively resist it.

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Among philosophers, Herbert Marcuse ranks 164 out of 1,267. Before him are Max Stirner, Max Scheler, Hans Kelsen, Ibn Tufail, Oswald Spengler, and Paul Ricœur. After him are Athanasius Kircher, Melissus of Samos, Ferdinand Tönnies, Adi Shankara, Ernst Cassirer, and Jiddu Krishnamurti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Herbert Marcuse ranks 18. Before him are Leo Szilard, William James Sidis, M. C. Escher, Albert Lutuli, George Gershwin, and C. S. Lewis. After him are Liu Shaoqi, Karl Ziegler, Trofim Lysenko, Gunnar Myrdal, Julius Evola, and Hans Krebs. Among people deceased in 1979, Herbert Marcuse ranks 10. Before him are Park Chung-hee, Giuseppe Meazza, John Wayne, Ernst Chain, Nino Rota, and Dennis Gabor. After him are Jean Renoir, Jean Monnet, Sándor Kocsis, Talcott Parsons, Nadia Boulanger, and Mika Waltari.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Herbert Marcuse ranks 276 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Oswald Spengler (1880), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Irma Grese (1923), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), and Ernst Jünger (1895). After him are Athanasius Kircher (1602), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), and Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Herbert Marcuse ranks 27. Before him are Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Max Stirner (1806), Max Scheler (1874), and Oswald Spengler (1880). After him are Athanasius Kircher (1602), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Carl Schmitt (1888), Max Horkheimer (1895), Rudolf Carnap (1891), and Moses Mendelssohn (1729).

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