LEADER 02949nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910964340503321 005 20240417022118.0 010 $a1-84964-704-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000075300 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933926 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000689881 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11471986 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000689881 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10621624 035 $a(PQKB)10444459 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386574 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000075300 100 $a20131106d2011 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHerbert Marcuse $eAn Aesthetics of Liberation /$fby Malcolm Miles 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon 210 $aS.l. $cPluto Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 225 0 $aModern European thinkers Herbert Marcuse 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-3039-8 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Aesthetics and the Reconstruction of Society -- 2 The Artist and Social Theory -- 3 Affirmations -- 4 A Literature of Intimacy -- 5 Society as a Work of Art -- 6 The End of Utopia -- 7 The Aesthetic Dimension -- 8 Legacies and Practices -- Notes -- Index. 330 8 $aWhen 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. 606 $aAesthetics, Modern$y20th century 606 $aArt and society 606 $aUtopias 615 0$aAesthetics, Modern 615 0$aArt and society. 615 0$aUtopias. 676 $a191 700 $aMiles$b Malcolm$f1950-$0270987 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bStDuBDS 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964340503321 996 $aHerbert Marcuse$94451489 997 $aUNINA