Marcuse coined the Great Refusal as protest against unnecessary repression

Evidence

Marcuse believed that he was witnessing a “Great Refusal”-a term he first coined in the 1950s to describe “the protest against unnecessary repression, the struggle for the ultimate form of freedom-‘to live without anxiety.’ ” Like Leary-whom he may have inspired in part-Marcuse tended to believe that liberation could not be achieved from within the system, but required its fundamental reconstruction. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 541

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the Great Refusal as a counterculture concept of protest against all unnecessary repression.
• XREF: connects to: Marcuse distinguished surplus repression from basic repression, tying it to domination — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2133; Gilets Jaunes refused procedural deliberation as a form of political resistance — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 337

Broader Connections

• Marcuse distinguished surplus repression from basic repression, tying it to domination #expands (0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2133
• Gilets Jaunes refused procedural deliberation as a form of political resistance #exemplifies (0.78) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 337