Counterrevolution and Revolt by Herbert Marcuse

Counterrevolution and Revolt by Herbert Marcuse

In this book Herbert Marcuse makes clear that capitalism is now reorganizing itself to meet the threat of a revolution that, if realized, would be the most radical of revolutions: the first truly world-historical revolution. Capitalism's counterrevolution, however, is largely preventive, and in the Western world altogether preventive. Yet capitalism is producing its own grave-diggers, and Marcuse suggests that their faces may be very different from those of the wretched of the earth. 

The future revolution will be characterized by its enlarged scope, for not only the economic and political structure, not only class relatoins, but also humanity's relation to nature (both human and external nature) tend toward radical transformation. For the author, the "liberation of nature" is the connecting thread between the economic-political and the cultural revolution, between "changing the world" and personal emancipation.

Herbert Marcuse was a philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist who lived from 1898 to 1979. He was a key member in the Frankfurt School of social theory, having studied at both the University of Berlin and the University of Freiburg. In the 1930s, he left Germany and moved to the United States, where he spent the rest of his life teaching at some of the country's most prestigious schools and institutions. He is the author of many publications, including One-Dimensional Man, Eros and Civilization, and others.

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ISBN 13	9780807015339
ISBN 10	0807015334
Title	Counterrevolution and Revolt
Author	Herbert Marcuse
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Beacon Press
Year published	1989-01-25
Number of pages	152
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