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“In conditions of private property ... "life-activity" stands in the service of property instead of property standing the service of free life-activity.”

Book:Heideggerian Marxism

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Heideggerian Marxism

This book delves into the theoretical synthesis of Martin Heidegger's existentialist philosophy and Karl Marx's economic and social theories. It examines how these two intellectual traditions can inform each other, offering insights into the nature of existence, human freedom, and social justice. more

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Herbert Marcuse

Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher born on July 19, 1898, and died on June 29, 1979. He was one of the leading figures of the Frankfurt School and is known for his work on cultural criticism and social theory. more

“The neo-conservative critics of leftist critics of mass culture ridicule the protest against Bach as background music in the kitchen, against Plato and Hegel, Shelley and Baudelaire, Marx and Freud in the drugstore. Instead, they insist on recognition of the fact that the classics have left the mausoleum and come to life again, that people are just so much more educated. True, but coming to life as classics, they come to life as other than themselves; they are deprived of their antagonistic force, of the estrangement which was the very dimension of their truth.”