ABSTRACT

This second volume of Marcuse's collected papers includes unpublished manuscripts from the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as Beyond One-Dimensional Man, Cultural Revolution and The Historical Fate of Bourgeois Democracy, as well as a rich collection of letters. It shows Marcuse at his most radical, focusing on his critical theory of contemporary society, his analyses of technology, capitalism, the fate of the individual, and prospects for social change in contemporary society.

chapter |33 pages

Introduction

Herbert Marcuse and the Vicissitudes of Critical Theory

chapter |12 pages

Hans Meyerhoff

Words Spoken at the UCLA Memorial Service November 24, 1965 †