Historia de la Filosofía Contemporánea
Published
December 30, 2009
Keywords:
Art, Eroticism, Aesthetic, Social Repression, Libido, Sublimation, Ideology
How to Cite
Bentivegna, A. (2009). Herbert Marcuse and the agony of Eros. Bajo Palabra, (4), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.15366/bp2009.4.005
Copyright (c) 2009 A. Bentivegna
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Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to make a critical review of certain key ideas about art and eroticism, as outlined by Herbert Marcuse. The reconsideration of these concepts is the appreciation of the theoretical core of Marcuse's project: to revitalize the symbolic potential of art moving it to the social dimension of everyday life. However, this approach inherently involves the risk that the art and eroticism become a powerful tool of alienation, promoting the exploitation of individuals and their absolute submission to a particular economic and productive system.
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