HERBERT MARCUSE (1947)

Political philosopher whose critical philosophical and psychological analyses of mid-20th-century U.S. society were very popular among student radicals.

Having become a member of the Social Democratic party while a student at the University of Freiburg he later conduced philosophical research there (1922-32) and was a co-founder of the Frankfurt Institute of Social Research.

He fled to Geneva in 1933 as Hitler rose to power then went to the U.S. in 1934 where he taught at Columbia University and became a naturalized citizen in 1940.

An intelligence analyst for the army during World War II he headed the Central European Section of the Office of Intelligence Research after the war.

He returned to teaching in 1951 at Columbian and Harvard (to 1954), Brandeis University (1954-65) and the University of California at San Diego from 1965.

In his work he examines what he considerers to be the repressive character of contemporary society and suggests the need for revolutionary changes both in social institutions and in the attitudes and goals of men.

Among his books are Eros and Civilization (1958) and One-Dimensional Man (1964).