One-Dimensional Man angered orthodox Marxists while galvanizing the New Left.

Evidence

One-Dimensional Man had a curious reception and impact. It angered both orthodox Marxists, who could not accept such thoroughgoing revision of Marxism, and many others who were unable to assent to such radical critiques of contemporary capitalist society. The book was, however, well received by the New Left and a generation dissatisfied with the current social order and the orthodoxies of the dominant Marxist and academic theories. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 53

Categorization

• SHARE: A New-Left historian colleague would enjoy the irony that Marcuse’s most pessimistic work became the New Left’s manifesto.
• XREF: connects to: Marcuse served the New Left as a canonical revolutionary theorist by 1968. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 4; Marcuse’s American popularity carried Critical Theory into the New Left — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 93; The New Left treated Marxism as a problem rather than a solution (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Opposing both Stalinism and imperialism gave the New Left its moral authority #expands (0.75) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 779
• The New Left treated Marxism as a problem rather than a solution #corroborates (0.72)
• The New Left treated culture as constitutive, not subordinate to economics #expands (0.72)