Research On Marcuse's Critical Theory And Its Practical Value

As that New Left Moves ended, Marcuse and his critical theory also faded out the sightof the people gradually, but declined together with the critical consciousness of the people. Astime goes by, we suddenly discover we have not always gotten rid of the existence ofalienation that Marcuse described in his critical theory. When we have not find out the resultthat lingered among the theory of modernism and postmodernism,Marcuse's critical theoryhas returned in our sight. Marcuse never avoided the accusation about his "Utopia feelings ",which is one kind of Humanism spirit in his theory, is to the human destiny concern, is toreality negative, criticize and exceeding, is the thing which people track down all the timefrom the people day of coming into being. His theory about the reasonability critique, the newcognition of human and the critique of onedimensionsociety gives us large enlightment inour modernization drive. Though analyzing the thought course of Marcuse's critical theory inthis article, and our purpose is to discover the real essence of the critical theory. We don't lookfor the historical proof of critical theory in the article, but find out the logical starting point.After knowing the concern to person and their actual life behind the Marcuse's critical theory,we may make accurate valuation to the critical theory. But in the article the ultimate purposeand basis lie in, through studying Marcuse's critical theory, providing one kind of possiblesolution way that we meet the living questions, such as lack of belief, maze of metaphysicsand spirit emptiness in China's modernization drive road.