Marcuse denied the student movement was revolutionary

Evidence

But Marcuse, too, disappointed the students. He told them unequivocally that they were not the subject of radical historical change. He denied that they were an oppressed minority, and denied further that they were a directly revolutionary force. He made it clear that hopes could only be pinned on a variety of splintered forces. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2629

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier claim that Marcuse justified oppressed violence on historical-function not ethical grounds and that marginal outcasts are revolutionary; here he denies the students are such outcasts. — connects to: Marcuse rejected students as the revolutionary subject despite championing them. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2629; Students looked to Marcuse for a concrete utopia he would not supply. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2628

Broader Connections

• Marcuse rejected students as the revolutionary subject despite championing them. #corroborates (1.00) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2629
• Students looked to Marcuse for a concrete utopia he would not supply. #expands (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2628