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- adjective Of or relating to Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German-American
Marxist philosopher .
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Second, I saw what really happens when an institution enacts and self-enforces Marcusean "liberating tolerance."
From Far Left to Libertarian, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Some critical theorists (this means communist in the progressive secret code) justify censorship of the arts based on the Marcusean idea of partisan tolerance.
A year since the Wasilla Church Burning… - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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The gambit suggests that Lanier, a dreadlocked computer scientist credited with helping pioneer virtual reality technology, is prepared to launch into a book-length Marcusean critique of one-dimensionality, in which apparent freedoms of expression online have turned into the cloaked chains of servitude.
PopMatters Rob Horning 2010
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