(1898-1979) US political philosopher, born in Germany. His theories, combining Marxism and Freudianism, greatly influenced the radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s. He preached the overthrow of the existing social order by using the system's very tolerance to ensure its defeat, but he was not an advocate of violent revolution.
A refugee from Hitler’s Germany, Marcuse came to the US 1934. He taught philosophy at several universities, including Columbia 1934–40, Brandeis 1954–65, and the University of California at San Diego 1965–79. He wrote several books, including Eros and Civilization 1955 and One-Dimensional Man 1964.