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| − | '''Herbert Marcuse''' was a major figure in the [[New Left]] movement of the | + | [[File:Marcuse Angela Davis.png|right|300px|thumb|Herbert Marcuse with his student [[Angela Davis]].]] |
| + | '''Herbert Marcuse''' (1898-1979), a member of the [[Frankfurt School]], was a major figure in the [[New Left]] movement of the 1960s. He was also a major figure in the development of [[Cultural Marxism]], more commonly known as [[political correctness]]. Marcuse invented the concept of “[[partisan tolerance]],” that is, [[tolerance]] for leftist ideas and [[intolerance]] of all others. Partisan tolerance has evolved into [[political correctness]], [[censorship]], and curtailment of [[Free Speech]] [[1st Amendment]] rights. | ||
| + | Marcuse was a student of [[Martin Heidegger]], a member and enthusiastic supporter of the [[Nazi Party]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Hemming | first = Laurence | title = Heidegger and Marx : a productive dialogue over the language of humanism | chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fjC-hf2kFsIC | publisher = Northwestern University Press |chapter = 7 | location = Evanston, Ill | year = 2013 | isbn = 978-0810128750 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Farin | first = Ingo | title = Reading Heidegger's "Black notebooks 1931--1941 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=m2OkCwAAQBAJ | publisher = The MIT Press | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England | year = 2016 | isbn = 978-0262034012 }}</ref> Heidegger aspired to the position of the party's leading [[philosopher]] of [[National Socialism]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Evans |first=Richard J.|author-link=Richard J. Evans |title=The Coming of the Third Reich|publisher=Penguin Books|date=2005 |pages=419–422 |chapter=|isbn=978-0143034698}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Identity politics== | ||
| + | Herbert Marcuse and [[Saul Alinsky]] introduced a more pragmatic, but also more virulent form of Marxism into [[academia| America academia]], facilitated this self-destruction by creating a new "[[proletariat]]" of "victim groups," the bedrock of [[identity politics]], pitting one gender against another, one race against another, one age group against another. In 1965, Marcuse and Alinsky introduced the concept of "partisan tolerance" into political parlance, which has mutated into the deadly pathogen called "political correctness"—a tolerance for [[evil]] and a stigmatization and ultimate persecution of righteousness and God's Laws.<ref>{{cite news |title= Commentary: Marxism in Academia: The Origins of Political Correctness |author=Maas, David F. |url = https://www.cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Audio.details/ID/4939/Marxism-Academia-Origins-Political-Correctness.htm}}</ref><ref>https://www.cgg.org/index.cfm/library/commentary/id/4939/marxism-academia-origins-political-correctness.htm</ref> | ||
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| + | According to Andrew Breitbart, unable to find a disgruntled proletariat, Marcuse found another dividing line that could be exploited to exacerbate social strife and dismantle societal structures—namely “victim groups,” the bedrock of [[identity politics]]. In ''An Essay on Liberation'', Marcuse's primary thesis was that potential revolutionaries such as university students, [[African Americans]], the ghetto populations, the alienated, the asocial, and the [[third world]] could<!--n't--> take the place of the proletariat. <!--but were the "emergence of a new, spontaneous solidarity."--> <ref>{{cite book |author=Marcuse, Herbert |title=An Essay on Liberation |year=1969 |url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/marcuse/works/1969/essay-liberation.htm}}</ref> | ||
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| + | Attempting to build a new proletariat to build a socialist [[revolution]] on, he preached that women are victimized by men. Creating a sense of exploitation, he stoked tension between white and nonwhite Americans, [[homosexual]] and [[heterosexual]], championing the downtrodden [[transgender]] population. Breitbart maintained that Marcuse’s mission was “to dismantle American society by using [[diversity]] and ‘[[multiculturalism]]’ as crowbars with which to pry the structure apart, piece by piece.” Marcuse and Alinsky continually incorporated the best weapons to effect the assault on the structures of American society, maximizing the tension between victim and oppressor. | ||
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| + | His infamous essay ''Repressive Tolerance'' is the definitive blueprint for the "[[political correctness]]" movement. | ||
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| + | ==Marxist revolution== | ||
| + | Many radical activists were influenced by Marcuse, such as Norman O. Brown,<ref>{{cite book |author=Dufresne, Todd |title=Tales from the Freudian Crypt: The Death Drive in Text and Context |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford |year=2000 |page=112 |isbn=978-0-8047-3885-9 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> [[Angela Davis]],<ref name="Ebony-July1971">{{cite news | ||
| + | | title = Rhetoric Vs. Reality: Angela Davis tells why black people should not be deceived by words | ||
| + | | first = Angela | ||
| + | | last = Davis | ||
| + | | authorlink = Angela Davis | ||
| + | | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5tsDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false | ||
| + | | newspaper = [[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]] | ||
| + | | publisher = Johnson Publishing Company | ||
| + | | location = [[Chicago]] | ||
| + | | volume = 26 | ||
| + | | issue = 9 | ||
| + | | date = July 1971 | ||
| + | | pages = 115–120 | ||
| + | }}</ref> Charles J. Moore, [[Abbie Hoffman]], [[Rudi Dutschke]], and Robert M. Young. | ||
| + | Marcuse later expressed his radical ideas through three pieces of writing. He wrote ''An Essay on Liberation'' in 1969, in which he celebrated so-called "[[national liberation movement]]s" such as that of the [[Viet Cong]], which inspired many radicals. In 1972 he wrote ''Counterrevolution and Revolt'', which argues that the hopes of the 1960s were facing a counterrevolution from the right. He published his final work ''The Aesthetic Dimension'' in 1979 on the role of art in the process of what he termed "emancipation" from "[[bourgeois]]" society. | ||
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| + | Marcuse realized that America is a nation uniquely unburdened by a class structure, at least in the way most European nations are defined along incredibly strict stratifications of class distinction, down to how one’s class can be identified almost immediately just by one’s accent. | ||
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| + | In America, the boundless upward mobility afforded by a [[republic]] based on the rights of the individual as opposed to the privileges of a special class, are how a prairie lawyer like Abraham Lincoln could become president, or how Barack Obama, the biracial son of a single mother, could do exactly the same thing. Fomenting a [[class war]] was clearly not going to work in a country where even the idea of class distinctions was frowned upon by the majority. Social strife was to be exacerbated so that established societal structures could be dismantled. Marcuse found another dividing line that could be exploited to exacerbate social strife and dismantle societal structures—“victim groups.”<ref>{{cite book |title = Exclusive Excerpt–Sebastian Gorka’s ‘The War for America’s Soul’: The Plotters and Their Plan to Destroy America |author=Gorka, Sebastian |url=https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/28/exclusive-excerpt-sebastian-gorkas-the-war-for-americas-soul-the-plotters-and-their-plan-to-destroy-america/}}</ref> | ||
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| + | He is infamous for promoting the false idea that the fascists and Nazis were sexual repressives and adhered to a strict moral code (when in reality, the Nazis actually were bohemians and sexual perverts). | ||
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| + | Marcuse was denounced by Pope [[Paul VI]] for ''"theory that opens the way to license cloaked as liberty, and the aberration of instinct called liberation."''<ref>{{cite book |title=Marcuse as an Activist: Reminiscences of His Theory and Practice |author=George Katsiaficas |publisher=New Political Science |year=1996, Original lecture on 1 Nov 1991 at [[M.I.T.]]|url=https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/booksabout/90s/96KatasfiacasMARCUSE.pdf |accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | {{Reflist}} | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Frankfurt School]] | ||
| + | *[[Black Panthers]] | ||
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| + | {{communism}} | ||
[[Category:Communists]] | [[Category:Communists]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Atheists]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:14, July 21, 2021
Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979), a member of the Frankfurt School, was a major figure in the New Left movement of the 1960s. He was also a major figure in the development of Cultural Marxism, more commonly known as political correctness. Marcuse invented the concept of “partisan tolerance,” that is, tolerance for leftist ideas and intolerance of all others. Partisan tolerance has evolved into political correctness, censorship, and curtailment of Free Speech 1st Amendment rights.
Marcuse was a student of Martin Heidegger, a member and enthusiastic supporter of the Nazi Party.[1][2] Heidegger aspired to the position of the party's leading philosopher of National Socialism.[3]
Identity politics
Herbert Marcuse and Saul Alinsky introduced a more pragmatic, but also more virulent form of Marxism into America academia, facilitated this self-destruction by creating a new "proletariat" of "victim groups," the bedrock of identity politics, pitting one gender against another, one race against another, one age group against another. In 1965, Marcuse and Alinsky introduced the concept of "partisan tolerance" into political parlance, which has mutated into the deadly pathogen called "political correctness"—a tolerance for evil and a stigmatization and ultimate persecution of righteousness and God's Laws.[4][5]
According to Andrew Breitbart, unable to find a disgruntled proletariat, Marcuse found another dividing line that could be exploited to exacerbate social strife and dismantle societal structures—namely “victim groups,” the bedrock of identity politics. In An Essay on Liberation, Marcuse's primary thesis was that potential revolutionaries such as university students, African Americans, the ghetto populations, the alienated, the asocial, and the third world could take the place of the proletariat. [6]
Attempting to build a new proletariat to build a socialist revolution on, he preached that women are victimized by men. Creating a sense of exploitation, he stoked tension between white and nonwhite Americans, homosexual and heterosexual, championing the downtrodden transgender population. Breitbart maintained that Marcuse’s mission was “to dismantle American society by using diversity and ‘multiculturalism’ as crowbars with which to pry the structure apart, piece by piece.” Marcuse and Alinsky continually incorporated the best weapons to effect the assault on the structures of American society, maximizing the tension between victim and oppressor.
His infamous essay Repressive Tolerance is the definitive blueprint for the "political correctness" movement.
Marxist revolution
Many radical activists were influenced by Marcuse, such as Norman O. Brown,[7] Angela Davis,[8] Charles J. Moore, Abbie Hoffman, Rudi Dutschke, and Robert M. Young. Marcuse later expressed his radical ideas through three pieces of writing. He wrote An Essay on Liberation in 1969, in which he celebrated so-called "national liberation movements" such as that of the Viet Cong, which inspired many radicals. In 1972 he wrote Counterrevolution and Revolt, which argues that the hopes of the 1960s were facing a counterrevolution from the right. He published his final work The Aesthetic Dimension in 1979 on the role of art in the process of what he termed "emancipation" from "bourgeois" society.
Marcuse realized that America is a nation uniquely unburdened by a class structure, at least in the way most European nations are defined along incredibly strict stratifications of class distinction, down to how one’s class can be identified almost immediately just by one’s accent.
In America, the boundless upward mobility afforded by a republic based on the rights of the individual as opposed to the privileges of a special class, are how a prairie lawyer like Abraham Lincoln could become president, or how Barack Obama, the biracial son of a single mother, could do exactly the same thing. Fomenting a class war was clearly not going to work in a country where even the idea of class distinctions was frowned upon by the majority. Social strife was to be exacerbated so that established societal structures could be dismantled. Marcuse found another dividing line that could be exploited to exacerbate social strife and dismantle societal structures—“victim groups.”[9]
He is infamous for promoting the false idea that the fascists and Nazis were sexual repressives and adhered to a strict moral code (when in reality, the Nazis actually were bohemians and sexual perverts).
Marcuse was denounced by Pope Paul VI for "theory that opens the way to license cloaked as liberty, and the aberration of instinct called liberation."[10]
References
- ↑ Hemming, Laurence (2013). "7", Heidegger and Marx : a productive dialogue over the language of humanism. Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 978-0810128750.
- ↑ Farin, Ingo (2016). Reading Heidegger's "Black notebooks 1931--1941. Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England: The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262034012.
- ↑ Evans, Richard J. (2005). The Coming of the Third Reich. Penguin Books, 419–422. ISBN 978-0143034698.
- ↑ Maas, David F.. "Commentary: Marxism in Academia: The Origins of Political Correctness".
- ↑ https://www.cgg.org/index.cfm/library/commentary/id/4939/marxism-academia-origins-political-correctness.htm
- ↑ Marcuse, Herbert (1969). An Essay on Liberation.
- ↑ Dufresne, Todd (2000). Tales from the Freudian Crypt: The Death Drive in Text and Context. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3885-9.
- ↑ Davis, Angela. "Rhetoric Vs. Reality: Angela Davis tells why black people should not be deceived by words", Johnson Publishing Company, July 1971, pp. 115–120.
- ↑ Gorka, Sebastian. Exclusive Excerpt–Sebastian Gorka’s ‘The War for America’s Soul’: The Plotters and Their Plan to Destroy America.
- ↑ George Katsiaficas (1996, Original lecture on 1 Nov 1991 at M.I.T.). Marcuse as an Activist: Reminiscences of His Theory and Practice. New Political Science.