Forum (Jun 2009)

Marcuse on Art and Technology

  • Andrew Feenberg

Journal volume & issue
no. 08

Abstract

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In this paper I will argue that Marcuse's aesthetics are deeply implicated in his concept of technology, and that technological change is in fact a fundamental "praxis" corresponding to his aesthetic theory. I will also argue that Marcuse's "aesthetics of technology" is based on his theory of sensation which he developed in a peculiar synthesis of the early Marx and Freud.