The problem addressed in this dissertation is the following: what are the theoretical elements present in
Herbert Marcuse's work that help us reflect on the notions of revolution and emancipation?
Specifically, what are the theoretical elements in Eros and Civilization and in An Essay on
Liberation that contribute to the reflection on the notions of revolution and emancipation? For
this, theoretical components are presented in two parts: the first concerns the objectives
of Critical Theory,…
Read moreThe problem addressed in this dissertation is the following: what are the theoretical elements present in
Herbert Marcuse's work that help us reflect on the notions of revolution and emancipation?
Specifically, what are the theoretical elements in Eros and Civilization and in An Essay on
Liberation that contribute to the reflection on the notions of revolution and emancipation? For
this, theoretical components are presented in two parts: the first concerns the objectives
of Critical Theory, and especially Marcuse's objectives; and the second part concerns
Marcusean thought in general, but mainly highlights elements from the works: The End of
Utopia, Eros and Civilization, and An Essay on Liberation. Among the themes that we can find
in Herbert Marcuse's works are the relationships between culture, domination, technology,
utopia, imagination, and subjectivity. For Marcuse, the struggle for human emancipation also
depends on the affirmation of subjectivity, which carries in itself the primordial impulse for
freedom. Marcuse's arguments are framed in relation to memory, imagination
and art; these, according to him, would be the forces opposing domination, forces which could
not be annihilated and which continue to militate against the insufficiency of civilization.