ABSTRACT
Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was an influential interpreter of Hegel, Marx, and Freud, and his work has influenced an entire generation of social and critical theorists comprising the New Left in the 1960s. Although his work displays amazing insight regarding German philosophy and social theory, his exposure to Kierkegaard was rather limited and filtered through this tradition. As a result, there are only two extended discussions of Kierkegaard in Marcuse’s authorship, and in his mature thought Marcuse rejects what he identifies as Kierkegaard’s view.
