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Developing a concept briefly introduced in Counterrevolution and Revolt, Marcuse here addresses the shortcomings of Marxist aesthetic theory and explores a dialectical aesthetic in which art functions as the conscience of society. Marcuse argues that art is the only form or expression that can take up where religion and philosophy fail and contends that aesthetics offers the last refuge for two-dimensional criticism in a one-dimensional society.

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  • Title The Aesthetic Dimension: Toward a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics
  • Author Herbert Marcuse
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 108
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Beacon Press, Boston
  • Date June 15, 1979
  • ISBN 9780807015193 / 0807015199
  • Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.3 in (21.34 x 14.22 x 0.76 cm)
  • Reading level 1240
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 76009001
  • Dewey Decimal Code 335.4

Media reviews

"His insights are genuine and his ... work, with its discussions of 18th and 19th century literature (by implication transferable to other modes of art) has a prophetic quality that suggests new generations will look at the Marxian model as a quaint artifact." – Publishers Weekly

"Marcuse has written a study of aesthetics that will be central to intelligent discussion of this subject for some time. It is one of those profound books which simply must be taken into account." – Theory and Society

About the author

Best known as author of One-Dimensional Man and Eros and Civilization, Herbert Marcuse (1896-1979) was a founder of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. He was until his reitrement professor of philosophy as the University of California, San Diego.
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