The Frankfurt School’s Interest in Freud and the Impact of <i>Eros and Civilization</i> on the Student Protest Movement in Germany: A Brief History

Authors

  • PETER-ERWIN JANSEN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22329/p.v4i2.2915

Keywords:

Critical Theory, 1968, Germany, Marcuse, Adorno, Horkheimer, Fromm

Abstract

The essay focuses on the impact of Marcuse’s Eros and Civilization in Germany in 1968. First, the essay discusses how Freud’s theory was used in the late twenties at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt. Then, it focuses on how certain of Adorno and Horkheimer’s ideas were developed in Eros and Civilization. Finally, it shows how Marcuse’s work became relevant for the intellectual development of the student movement in Germany.

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2009)

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