Herbert Marcuse

A Critical Reader

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Edited by John Abromeit and W. Mark Cobb

Routledge

Due/Published December 2003, 304 pages, paper

ISBN 0415289106

Herbert Marcuse: A Critical Reader is a collection of brand new papers by seventeen Marcuse scholars, which provides a comprehensive reassessment of the relevance of Marcuse's critical theory at the beginning of the 21st century. Although best known for his reputation in critical theory, Herbert Marcuse's work has had impact on areas as diverse as politics, technology, aesthetics, psychoanalysis and ecology. This collection addresses the contemporary relevance of Marcuse's work in this broad variety of fields and from an international perspective.

Contributors: John Abromeit, W. Mark Cobb, Angela Davis, Detlev Claussen, Andrew Feenberg, Douglas Kellner, John O'Neill, Gˇrard Raulet, Stephan Bundschuh, Samir Gandesha, Michael Werz, Andrew Light, Tim Luke, Steven Vogel, Peter Marcuse, Carl Schorske

Contents

Introduction: John Abromeit and W. Mark Cobb

Part I: Veteran Scholars' Reflections on Marcuse's Theoretical Legacy
1.1 Marcuse's Legacies: Angela Davis
1.2 The American Experience of the Critical Theorists: Detlev Claussen
1.3 Heidegger and Marcuse: The Catastrophe and Redemption of Technology: Andrew Feenberg
1.4 Marcuse and the Quest for Radical Subjectivity: Douglas Kellner
1.5 Marcuse's Maternal Ethic: John O'Neill
1.6 Marcuse's Negative Dialectics of Imagination: Gérard Raulet

Part II: Interpretations of Marcuse's Critical Theory from the Next Generation
2.1 Herbert Marcuse's Critical Encounter with Martin Heidegger 1927-33: John Abromeit
2.2 The Theoretical Place of Utopia: Some Remarks on Marcuse's Dual Anthropology: Stephen Bundschuh
2.3 Diatribes and Distortions: Marcuse's Academic Reception: W. Mark Cobb
2.4 Marcuse, Habermas and the Critique of Technology: Samir Gandesha
2.5 The Fate of Emancipated Subjectivity: Michael Werz
Part III: Marcuse and Contemporary Ecological Theory
3.1 Marcuses's Deep-Social Ecology and the Future of Utopian Environmentalism: Andrew Light
3.2 Marcuse's Ecological Critique and the American Environmental Movement: Tim Luke
3.3 Marcuse and the 'New Science:' Steven Vogel

Part IV: Recollections
4.1 Herbert Marcuse's Identity: Peter Marcuse
4.2 Encountering Marcuse: Carl Schorske