Herbert Marcuse Quotes
Not every problem someone has with his girlfriend is necessarily due to the capitalistic mode of production.
Herbert Marcuse, 1898-1979, Philosopher, The Listener
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Statements like this caused some to believe him a Marxist, but see his quotation on Karl Marx -- {603061}.
In the simplistic understanding of economics at the end of the 19th century, the cause of depression was thought by many socialists and others to be over-production in times of plenty. At the beginning of the 21st century, man was still unsure of the exact causes of recession and depression, although a number of different factors were proved to be involved.
The first quotation was made shortly after the launching of The Clarion in 1891. The newspaper was relatively successful but while England moved more to the left, socialism was not embraced by Englishmen. Later, Blachford concluded that the conversion would not likely take place soon.
At the time, this was not popular with many socialists who had given up on the lack of fairness and equity of the capitalistic system. A century later, most politicians and political philosophers had given up on socialism ever meeting Bauer’s test, and Capitalism was well ensconced in Western Democracies.
Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin and then at Freiburg, where he received his PhD. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research – what later became known as the Frankfurt School. He was married to Sophie Wertheim (1924–1951), Inge Neumann (1955–1973), and Erica Sherover (1976–1979). In his written works, he criticized capitalism, modern technology, Soviet Communism and entertainment culture, arguing that they represent new forms of social control.
