Marcuse and the Quest for Radical Subjectivity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12463563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas Kellner (0000-0002-1643-6744, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Thought and Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-5830 • E-ISSN: 2469-8466 |
| Publisher | The University of Kansas (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17161/str.1808.5161 |
| OpenAlex | W2165361744 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
In thispaper, I maintain that theMarcuse anticipates thepoststructuralist critiqueofthe subject, that these critiques suggest that theconcept ofthesubject contains too muchphilosophical and politicalbaggage, and that we needa reconstructed notion ofsubjectivity thatMarcuse and theFrankfurtSchool initiated and enable us to further develop. In drawing on Nietzsche, Freud, andaesthetic modernism, Marcuse posits a bodily, erotic, gendered, social, and aestheticized sttbjectivity that overcomes mind-body dualism, avoids idealist and rationalist essentialism, and is constructed in a specific social milieu and is chal
Epistemology · Sociology · Subjectivity · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |