Herbert Marcuse as Social Justice Educator

Charles Reitz is the author of The Revolutionary Ecological Legacy of Herbert Marcuse (2023), Ecology and Revolution: Herbert Marcuse and the Challenge of a New World System Today (2019) and Philosophy & Critical Pedagogy: Insurrection & Commonwealth (2016); editor of Crisis and Commonwealth: Marcuse, Marx, McLaren (2015); and author of Art, Alienation and the Humanities: A Critical Engagement with Herbert Marcuse (2000). He served for several years on the Board of Directors of the International Herbert Marcuse Society.

"Reitz presents Marcuse anew as a social justice educator. The volume raises the profile of critical political economy and critical pedagogy in Marcuse studies. It explicates the theoretical foundations of Marcuse's radical socialist humanism. Critical pedagogy now benefits from a re-evaluation of Marcuse’s works, especially what I call 'revolutionary critical pedagogy.'”Peter McLaren, Professor Emeritus at the School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles"There are no other books that do with Marcuse what this book does in a comprehensive way, providing a coherent presentation of the work of Marcuse and its wide relevance to a number of topics. The social conditions of our times politically, economically, and culturally warrant the rediscovery of Marcuse’s work and most especially, its ongoing implications for the conditions of our time—and Charles Reitz is absolutely the right scholar to lead the way."Lauren Langman, Professor of Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago"Herbert Marcuse as Social Justice Educator addresses some of the key issues of our time by presenting the importance of Herbert Marcuse's ideas for social justice education. Charles Reitz has long been one of the major scholars on the work and influence of Marcuse in the field of education, ecology, social critique, and progressive politics and this book will be his most important work—his crowning achievement in writing many books on Marcuse, education, social justice, and liberation."Douglas Kellner, George Kneller Chair, UCLA and author of Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity, and Politics in the Contemporary Moment (2nd ed., Routledge, 2020)

• 1. Campus Opposition to Genocide and Ecocide in Gaza Today: Marcuse on Israel’s Historical Injustice in Palestine2. Herbert Marcuse as Social Justice Educator: The Liberal Arts and Sciences, Critical Political Economy, Ecopedagogy3. Marcuse as Antifascist Social Critic4. The Activist Legacy of One-Dimensional Man 5. What Makes Higher Education Higher?—The Philosophical Foundations for Critical Social Research 6. Critical Teaching and Learning: On the Origins of Social Inequality7. Ecosocialism and the Revolutionary Goals of Reason8. Educating the Educator 9. Marcuse’s Critical Pedagogy as Social Justice Education