[FRA:] Marcuse on the up side

[Ralph Dumain]

I tend to be imbalanced about Marcuse, sometimes forgetting the acute 
radical thrust of his take on the role of reason and philosophy.  After 
stumbling on this excellent essay this morning, I feel compelled to share:

Marcuse, Herbert. "The Relevance of Reality," presidential address to the 
Pacific Branch of the American Philosophical Association in Portland, OR, 
March 29, 1969. Published in: Proceedings and Addresses of the American 
Philosophical Association 42 (1968-9), pp. 39-50. Reprinted in: The Owl of 
Minerva: Philosophers on Philosophy, edited by Charles J. Bontempo and S. 
Jack Odell (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975), pp. 231-244.

http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/60spubs/69RelevanceReality.pdf