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'''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]].
'''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]].
He was most 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).
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 so0called "[[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.<ref name=kellner12 /> 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.<ref name=kellner12 />
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."''<ref>{{cite web |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=13 Sep 2018 }}</ref>
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 web |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=13 Sep 2018 }}</ref>