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Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T18:26:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cleberson Odair Leonhardt.pdf: 911242 bytes, checksum: e19b00e1b61421b6c4a81fdbad45110e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The aim objective of this master thesis is to stimulate a reading on the Herbert Marcuse s work that rises an innovative comprehension of the established capitalist society, in order to foster possibilities for social change guided by primarily qualitative dimensions. For this purpose we sought, first, to situate Marcuse in the context of the Frankfurt School and critical theory, as well as demonstrate the development of the specificities of the critical theory improved by him. When Marcuse appropriated of the Marx and Freud s ideas, he has raised a possibility of conceptual expansion, enabling, for instance, the idea of an extension of the social place of denial and the historical contextualization of the reality principle. By pointing out these conceptual extensions and the historicity of the reality principle, also specifying the surplus- repression and performance principle, Marcuse overcomes Freud supported by Marx and expands Marx thematic horizon supported by Freud. It became possible to perform a reading that identifies, even in the biological and natural base, potential changes in human social relations with this theoretical-critical construction. These, especially guided for structural modifications in view of a new sensibility and a new solidarity. The theoretical perspectives thus conquered legitimize the possibility of certain groups and social movements being considered new locals of social place of denial. These have developed and / or preserved the ability of providing subsidies for the modification of the reality principle and, therefore, boost the qualitative change of the whole society. In this perspective it becomes possible to determine parameters for identifying (and fostering) emancipatory capacities of certain social groups in a broad and fruitful way. The possibilities of engagement and change, thus, expanded, diversified and strengthened. / O objetivo almejado nesta dissertação é estimular uma leitura da obra de Herbert Marcuse que suscite uma compreensão inovadora da sociedade capitalista estabelecida, de maneira a fomentar possibilidades de uma modificação social orientada por dimensões prioritariamente qualitativas. Para tal intento buscou-se, primeiramente, situar Marcuse no contexto da Escola de Frankfurt e da teoria crítica, bem como, demonstrar o desenvolvimento das especificidades da teoria crítica aperfeiçoada por ele. Marcuse ao apropriar-se das ideias de Marx e Freud fez surgir uma possibilidade de ampliação conceitual, viabilizando, por exemplo, a ideia de uma ampliação do lugar social de negação e da contextualização histórica do princípio de realidade. Ao apontar estas ampliações conceituais e a historicidade do princípio de realidade, especificando também a mais-repressão e o princípio de desempenho, Marcuse supera Freud apoiado em Marx e amplia o horizonte temático de Marx apoiado em Freud. Com esta construção teórica-crítica tornou-se possível realizar uma leitura que identifica, inclusive já na base biológica e natural, potencialidades de modificação nas relações sociais humanas. Estas, pautadas, de modo especial, por modificações estruturais em vista de uma nova sensibilidade e de uma nova solidariedade. As perspectivas teóricas assim conquistadas legitimam a possibilidade de certos grupos e movimentos sociais serem considerados novos locais de negação social. Estes teriam desenvolvido e/ou preservado a capacidade de fornecer subsídios para a modificação do princípio de realidade e, portanto, de impulsionar a mudança qualitativa de toda a sociedade. Em tal perspectiva torna-se possível a determinação de parâmetros para a identificação (e fomentação) de capacidades emancipatórias de certos grupos sociais de um modo amplo e fecundo. As possibilidades de engajamento e de mudança, dessa maneira, se ampliam, diversificam e fortalecem.

This study aims to discern and assess Theodor Adorno’s theories on music as an ‘art’ and how it impacts both the political and social landscape of society; more broadly, the purposes of this paper is to identify, and determine the significance of, the relationship between music and politics – that is, whether or not, and how, music can emancipate society from capitalist enslavement. In juxtaposing Adorno’s theories, the opinions of Herbert Marcuse will be discussed as well. As both theorists are considered integral to the creation and development of critical theory of the Frankfurt School, it is only logical to examine their theories and ideologies in detail to determine the role of music as an ‘art’ in the overarching scheme of political scaffolding within which society resides. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

This paper interweaves narrativized readings and experiential narratives as personal and cultural resources for counterhegemonic cultural critique within our historical context of globalization and ecological crisis. Framed by perspectives on epistemology, everyday life, and place, these reflections seek to engage and revitalize our notions of community, creativity, and the individual, towards visioning the human art of community as a counternarrative to globalization. Such a task involves confronting the meanings we have come to ascribe to work and economy which so deeply determine our social fabric. Encountering the thought of key 19th and 20th century social theorists ranging from William Morris, Gregory Bateson, and Raymond Williams, to Murray Bookchin, Martin Buber, and Wendell Berry, these reflections mark the indivisible web of culture in the face of our insistent divisions, and further, iterate our innate creativity as the source for a vital, sustainable culture that might reflect, in Bateson’s terms, the pattern that connects.