ABSTRACT
Herbert Marcuse's philosophy is equally important, paramount even, for understanding how the fusion of Girardian mimesis, Rawlsian justice, and a restructured family model can help us save ourselves from ourselves. One of the main features of Marcuse's philosophy is his persistent belief in a yet-to-come erotic society. This chapter explores this yet-to-come social aspect of Marcuse's philosophy to develop the broader erotic contextual possibilities of his understanding of our technological opportunities. Marcuse's Marxist oriented social critique posits a social setting where technology is used to produce, among other things, more free time for workers. This free time then becomes the basis of an Eros-centered community precisely because people will have the time necessary to do the things they enjoy and cultivate relationships free of the restrictions and destructive requirements of a capitalist endorsed way of living.
