Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979)

Death: 29th July 1979
Location: Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin, Germany
Cause of death: Stroke
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German-American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. His best known works are Eros and Civilization (1955) and One-Dimensional Man (1964). His Marxist scholarship inspired many radical intellectuals and political activists in the 1960s and 1970s, both in the United States and internationally.

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