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"Domination has its own aesthetics, and democratic domination has its democratic aesthetics."
Herbert MarcuseThe closed language does not demonstrate and explain—it communicates d — Herbert Marcuse
"The closed language does not demonstrate and explain—it communicates decision, dictum, command. Where it defines, the definition becomes “separation of good from evil;” it establishes unquestionable"
Herbert Marcuse
Herbert Marcuse
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Herbert Marcuse was a German and American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin and then at the University of Freiburg, where he received his PhD. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research, which later became known
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