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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]].
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
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
| title = Rhetoric Vs. Reality: Angela Davis tells why black people should not be deceived by words
| first = Angela
| first = Angela
| date = July 1971
| date = July 1971
| pages = 115–120
| pages = 115–120
}}</ref> [[Charles J. Moore]], [[Abbie Hoffman]], [[Rudi Dutschke]], and [[Robert M. Young]].
}}</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 />
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.
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).
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).