| 1898 |
Herbert Marcuse is born in Berlin to wealthy
Jewish parents. |
| 1914 |
World War I begins |
| 1917 |
Russian Revolution |
| 1918 |
World War I ends |
| 1919-1922 |
Marcuse studies at universities at Frieburg and
Berlin; studied Hegel, Marxism, literature, philosophy,
economics. |
| 1923 |
Frankfurt School founded |
| 1929-1933 |
Marcuse works with Heidegger at
Frieburg; writing focuses on Hegel, Marxism, phenomenology,
existentialism, German idealism; tried to synthesize Marx and
Heidegger . |
| 1932 |
Hegel's Ontology |
| 1933 |
Hitler ascends to power |
| 1933 |
Frankfurt School emigrates to Geneva;
Marcuse joins Institute |
| 1934 |
Frankfurt School emigrates to United States,
Columbia University |
| 1934-1941 |
Marcuse helps Frankfurt School develop Critical
Theory |
| 1937 |
"Philosophy of Critical Theory" - focus
"historically situated reason" |
| 1941 |
Reason and Revolution - focus critical
reason and dialectical thinking |
| 1942-1945 |
Marcuse works for Office of Strategic Services, U.
S. |
| 1951 |
Frankfurt School moves back to Germany - without
Marcuse |
| 1955 |
Eros and Civilization - focus on Freud |
| 1964 |
One-Dimensional Man - focus on
technological rationality |
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Marcuse taught at Harvard, Yale, Brandeis |
| 1965 |
A Critique of Pure Tolerance |
| 1965-1970 |
University of California at San Diego
- Professorship |
| 1968 |
Negations |
| 1969 |
An Essay on Liberation |
| 1972 |
Studies in Critical Philosophy |
| 1972 |
Counterrevolution and Revolt |
| 1978 |
Aesthetic Dimensions |
| 1979 |
Herbert Marcuse dies in Germany |