Herbert Marcuse Quotes on Freedom
Herbert Marcuse was a 20th-century German-American philosopher and a leading figure of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, particularly in its American period. This page collects quotes attributed to Herbert Marcuse on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Herbert Marcuse:
“Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.”
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Attributed to Herbert Marcuse:
“The most effective and enduring form of warfare against liberation is the implanting of material and intellectual needs that perpetuate obsolete forms of the struggle for existence.”
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Attributed to Herbert Marcuse:
“Art breaks open a dimension inaccessible to other experience.”
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Attributed to Herbert Marcuse:
“The slaves of developed industrial civilisation are sublimated slaves, but they are slaves.”
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Attributed to Herbert Marcuse:
“One can rightfully speak of a culture of alienation only when the works are not part of the prevailing one.”