24. Marcuse and the New Left Flashcards
What is psychosexual fascism?
Political repression + instinctual liberation
By whom was Marcuse influenced (3 people)?
Heidegger, Marx, Freud
What is the non-repressive social order that Marcuse envisioned (3 things)?
Play instinct: Play instinct and imagination are not opposed to the reality principle,
Social life: social life becomes more refined and infused with reason, reason ceases to be a repression of the sensual,
Labor and play: labor is subordinate to play
What are the characteristics of advanced capitalism (four things)?
Capitalist governance: Capital and government combine to create needs, force work and consumption, and provide therapy, for the aims of power and profit.
Cultural economism: All culture serves the economy, nothing is allowed to transcend the system
Art and culture: Art and culture cease to be the imagination of an ideal, alternate world
Liberty: Liberty becomes an instrument of domination
What is the military-industrial complex?
Circulation of capital from weapons manufacturers through taxes through the government and back to more orders for more weapons which are also used to control access to raw materials and markets in the 3rd world
What is repressive desublimination (three things)?
Satisfaction: More direct, less refined satisfaction of the instincts
Repression: These activities are repressive rather than liberating because
Distraction: People focus on the satisfaction of pleasure rather than on who has the power
What economic/governmental system did Marcuse favor?
Democratic socialism
What economic and government systems did Marcuse oppose (three things)?
Imperialism, capitalism, and the military-industrial complex
What characterizes the New Left?
Influence from Marcuse, Marx, and Freud; opposition to capitalism; and opposition to Leninist Marxism
