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- Herbert Marcuse was born on July 19, 1898 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer, known for Carnet de identidad (1970), I tarli (1970) and Drux Flux (2008). He was married to Erica Sherover, Inge Werner and Sophie Wertheim. He died on July 29, 1979 in Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany.
- SpousesErica Sherover(1976 - July 29, 1979) (his death)Inge Werner(1955 - 1973) (her death)Sophie Wertheim(1924 - 1951) (her death, 1 child)
- His Marxist scholarship inspired many radical intellectuals and political activists in the 1960s and 1970s, both in the United States and internationally.
- In 1932 Marcuse stopped working with Heidegger, who later joined the Nazi Party in 1933. Marcuse understood that he would not qualify as a professor under the Nazi regime as the Nazis seized power and anti-Semitism increased. Marcuse was then hired to work in the Institute of Social Research in the Frankfurt School. The Institute deposited their endowment in Holland in anticipation of the Nazi takeover, so Marcuse never got to actually work in the school.
- Although he never returned to Germany to live, he remained one of the major theorists associated with the Frankfurt School, along with Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno (among others).
- In his written works, he criticized capitalism, modern technology, Soviet Communism, and popular culture, arguing that they represent new forms of social control.
- His best-known works are Eros and Civilization (1955) and One-Dimensional Man (1964).
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