Marcuse’s Eros Liberation Theory" And Its Contemporary Value

Herbert Marcuse is a very outstanding representative figure of Frankfurt school in the research on Marxism in the field of western philosophy, at the same time he is also one of many successors and developer of "Freud Marxism" in the school of post-modern Marxist. In the early philosophical study, he was dedicated to the study of human and had been mainly influenced by the theories of Heidegger, Hegel and Marx. Then he combined ingeniously psychology and politics with philosophy, which make the theoretical parts involving the problems of human liberation in the Marx’s thought and Freud’s psychoanalysis theory blend together and rub them into his own eroticism liberation theory. He systematically analyzed various issues appearing in the modern western industrial society, put forward the eroticism essence theory and the theory of "single person", and then sought the path of the liberation of mankind.In today’s era, our society has developed into an highly industrial, extremely material and political, economic and cultural "integration" society. Most people have already felt satisfied and submissive about the existing society, but they forget to realize human intrinsic value and pursue and seek the road of freedom and liberation. Marcuse, as a philosopher, who is concerned about human liberation, analyzed the human living circumstances based on the idea of negative and critical perspective. He through the study of psychology and Floyd’s psychoanalysis theory, found that some valuable thoughts which make up the deficiencies in Marxism theory, further integrated into his own eroticism liberation theory. Putting forward of "eroticism liberation theory " is in order to set human free from the bondage of repression and to release most essential things of people. And he put forward perceptual revolution that is different from primary rational revolution. The theory can make people look upon liberation from another point, which is of great significance for human liberation. Despite his theory existing many limitations, but there are still a lot of valuable theoretical ideas. The eroticism essence theory can help people to awaken the consciousness of main body from the perspective of human instinct. His analysis of capitalism society can make people have more understanding about your situation, the perceptual revolution enlighten people to pay more attention to the power of art, and his faith on revolution can inspire people efforts for their own efforts.These thoughts can be learned and used reasonably to guide the practice of the theory and solve the problems and confusion in the present social life.