59 | Herbert Marcuse B-Sides Mixtape
What's Left of Philosophy
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Markusa's Manifestation of Non-Alienated Labor
In the 50s, he takes a turn away from Heidegger and to Freud. Markusa tries to use these phenomenological concepts to try to articulate how an authentic life can be possible. The idea is to transform the sexual energy of human beings such that work becomes a matter of libidinal pleasure. And I think what he's basically doing is he's trying to seek avenues for self determination in the post war period.
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