02640nam 2200529 a 450 991078151410332120221108001902.01-84964-704-6(CKB)2550000000075300(StDuBDS)AH22933926(SSID)ssj0000689881(PQKBManifestationID)11471986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000689881(PQKBWorkID)10621624(PQKB)10444459(MiAaPQ)EBC3386574(EXLCZ)99255000000007530020131106d2011 my 0engur|||||||||||txtccrHerbert Marcuse[electronic resource] /An Aesthetics of Liberation /by Malcolm MilesLondonS.l. Pluto Press20111 online resource (208 p.)Modern European thinkers Herbert MarcuseBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-3039-8 When capitalism is clearly catastrophically out of control and its excesses cannot be sustained socially or ecologically, the ideas of Herbert Marcuse become as relevant as they were in the 1960's. This is the first English introduction to Marcuse to be published for decades, and deals specifically with his aesthetic theories and their relation to a critical theory of society.Although Marcuse is best known as a critic of consumer society, epitomized in the classic One-Dimensional Man, Malcolm Miles provides an insight into how Marcuse's aesthetic theories evolved within his broader attitudes, from his anxiety at the rise of fascism in the 1930's through heady optimism of the 1960's, to acceptance in the 1970's that radical art becomes an invaluable progressive force when political change has become deadlocked.Marcuse's aesthetics of liberation, in which art assumes a primary role in interrupting the operation of capitalism, made him a key figure for the student movement in the 1960's. As diverse forms of resistance rise once more, a new generation of students, scholars and activists will find Marcuse's radical theory essential to their struggle.Aesthetics, Modern20th centuryArt and societyUtopiasAesthetics, ModernArt and societyUtopias191Miles Malcolm1950-270987StDuBDSStDuBDSStDuBDSUkPrAHLSBOOK9910781514103321Herbert Marcuse3748212UNINA