Philosopher

Herbert Marcuse

1898 - 1979

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His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Marcuse is the 164th most popular philosopher (down from 154th in 2024), the 276th most popular biography from Germany (down from 241st in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Philosopher.

Herbert Marcuse is most famous for his theory of "repressive tolerance." Marcuse argues that the world is divided into two types of people: the "repressors" and the "repressed." The repressors are those who have power and privilege in society, and they use their power to keep the repressed in their place. Marcuse argues that the repressed should not be tolerant of the repression of the repressors, but rather should actively resist it.

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Among Philosophers

Among philosophers, Herbert Marcuse ranks 164 out of 1,267Before him are Max Stirner, Max Scheler, Hans Kelsen, Ibn Tufail, Oswald Spengler, and Paul Ricœur. After him are Athanasius Kircher, Melissus of Samos, Ferdinand Tönnies, Adi Shankara, Ernst Cassirer, and Jiddu Krishnamurti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Herbert Marcuse ranks 18Before him are Leo Szilard, William James Sidis, M. C. Escher, Albert Lutuli, George Gershwin, and C. S. Lewis. After him are Liu Shaoqi, Karl Ziegler, Trofim Lysenko, Gunnar Myrdal, Julius Evola, and Hans Krebs. Among people deceased in 1979, Herbert Marcuse ranks 10Before him are Park Chung-hee, Giuseppe Meazza, John Wayne, Ernst Chain, Nino Rota, and Dennis Gabor. After him are Jean Renoir, Jean Monnet, Sándor Kocsis, Talcott Parsons, Nadia Boulanger, and Mika Waltari.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Herbert Marcuse ranks 276 out of NaNBefore him are Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Oswald Spengler (1880), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Irma Grese (1923), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), and Ernst Jünger (1895). After him are Athanasius Kircher (1602), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Hansi Flick (1965), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), and Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883).

Among Philosophers In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Herbert Marcuse ranks 27Before him are Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Edith Stein (1891), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Max Stirner (1806), Max Scheler (1874), and Oswald Spengler (1880). After him are Athanasius Kircher (1602), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Carl Schmitt (1888), Max Horkheimer (1895), Rudolf Carnap (1891), and Moses Mendelssohn (1729).

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