The Aesthetic Dimension : Toward a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics by Marcuse, Herbert [1898-1979] - (1978)

Boston : Beacon Press, 1978 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Edition. English version of 'Die Permanenz der Kunst' translated and revised by Herbert Marcuse and Erica Sheriva. 86p. biblography index= .

Used - very good. Pages show slight brown from age but otherwise in very good condition. Comes with original dust jacket in good condition but with some color fade on spine.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1978 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Discussion is focused on 18th and 19th Century literature. 88 pp. with index..

Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1978. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 88 pages. Definitive Edition of the author's book-length treatise. His last book, it is one of Herbert Marcuse's masterworks. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the 1979 Reissued Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only by a small scholarly press. The First Edition is now rare. Presents, in its final version, Herbert Marcuse's "Die Permanenz der Kunst: Wider eine Bestimmte Marxistische Aesthetik" in a felicitous English translation by the author himself in collaboration with Erica Shereover. Marcuse made significant revisions to the English translation vis-a-vis his German original. As such, it represents his definitive version of… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

1978. First US edition. Boston, Beacon Press, 1978. 20.9cm x 14.5cm. xiii, (3) 88 pages. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. A fine copy in red cloth, with publisher's printed dust jacket. This book represents an important new milestone in the long career of one of the most inflential social theorists of our time. Marcuse continues the argument he began in Counterrevolution and Revolt, that Aethetics should be given a far larger role in the study of societies, in fact claiming here that it should perhaps take precedence in critical studies. "Only art continues to function as an appropriately balanced social conscience." Marcuse makes a compelling case for moving art and aesthetics to the forefront of critical theory.