Transcendence means overshooting established discourse toward real historical possibilities.

Evidence

1. The terms “transcend” and “transcendence” are used throughout in the empirical, critical sense: they designate tendencies in theory and practice which, in a given society, “overshoot” the established universe of discourse and action toward its historical alternatives (real possibilities). — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 103

Categorization

• DEFINE: Precise technical definition of Marcuse’s operative term ‘transcendence’ — critical, empirical, contrasted with the metaphysical sense.
• XREF: connects to: Changed historical conditions forced critical theory from immanent to transcendent critique — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 190; Transcendent critique both requires and risks reproducing the reified world — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry: Selected Essays…, 300; Temporality is the necessary horizon for the for-itself’s transcendence (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Changed historical conditions forced critical theory from immanent to transcendent critique #expands (0.82) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 190
• Transcendent critique both requires and risks reproducing the reified world #complicates (0.78) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 300
• Limitation implies transcendence because the limiting being relates to what it excludes #expands (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 869
• Causes require nihilation and transcendence toward a not-yet-existing potentiality #expands (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1089
• Temporality is the necessary horizon for the for-itself’s transcendence #expands (0.72)