The Frankfurt School philosopher Herbert Marcuse (1898?1979) studied with Martin Heidegger at Freiburg University from 1928 to 1932 and completed a dissertation on Hegel?s theory of historicity under Heidegger?s supervision. During these years, Marcuse wrote a number of provocative philosophical essays experimenting with the possibilities of Heideggerian Marxism. For a time he believed that Heidegger?s ideas could revitalize Marxism, providing a dimension of experiential concreteness that was sorely lacking in the German Idealist tradition. Ultimately, two events deterred Marcuse from completing this program: the 1932 publication of Marx?s early economic and philosophical manuscripts, and Heidegger?s conversion to Nazism a year later. Heideggerian Marxism offers rich and fascinating testimony concerning the first attempt to fuse Marxism and existentialism. These essays offer invaluable...
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