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Tue, Jun 26, 2007 -- 10:00 AM

The Legacy of Herbert Marcuse


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The show discusses the legacy of Herbert Marcuse, and whether the German-born philosopher's work informs today's progressive movement.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

  • Douglas Kellner, George F. Kneller Philosophy of Education chair at UCLA and author of "Towards a Critical Theory of Society, Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse"
  • Osha Neumann, artist and social justice lawyer at the East Bay Community Law Center
  • Peter Marcuse, Herbert Marcuse's son and professor emeritus of Urban Planning at Columbia University
  • William Leiss, scientist at the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment at the University of Ottawa and co-author of "The Essential Marcuse: Selected Writings of Philosopher and Social Critic Herbert Marcuse"

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