OTHER WoRKS BY AND ABOUT ere eases THE AESTHETIC TOWARD A CRITIQUE OF MARXIST AESTHETICS ee HERBERT MARCUSE Beacon Press BostonOriginally published in German under the title Die Permanenz der Kunst: Wider eine bestimmte Marsisische Aesthetik (Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag, copyright © 1977 bby Herbert Marcuse) English version translated and revised by Herbert Marcuse and Erica Sherover, copyright © 1978 Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the itarian Universalist Association ‘The aesthetic dimension, Translation of Die Permanenz der Kunst Bibliography: p. Theludes index, 1. Marx, Kar 1883 — Aesthetics — Addresses, essays, lectures. 1, Th 1B3305.M74M3513_ 1978 76-9001 ISBN 0-8070-1518-0 ‘Acknowledgments Preface 1 pt Vv v Conclusion Notes Bibliography Indexsn the manuscript a critical insisted on impr cated to her: my wife, friend, and collaborator. ons with my friends Leo Lowenthal and Reinhard Lettau have been a great help and a great pleasure. Leo Lowenthal has again proved his reputation as a fierce reader and ‘Reinhard Lettau has demonstrated ic literature—literature as resistance- possible today. “My stepsons Osha and Michael Neumann gave me stimulating suggestions: encouraging comments, Osha about his own work in art. My son Peter, whose work in urban planning Jed us to common problems, has again been a dear friend and advisor. Tam particularly grateful to Catherine Asmann who typed about half a dozen versions essay—and liked it My debt to the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adomo does not require any specific ac- knowledgment.