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| Source | Michael Hoover |
| Date | 99/10/14/00:21 |
| > Didn't Moore co-author(co-edit?)a work with Marcuse and R.Paul Wolff > *The Critique of Pure Tolerance*? Michael Hoover will know. Not sure why you think I'd know above, but so happens that I do. Wolff ("Beyond Tolerance"), Moore ("Tolerance and the Scientific Outlook"), and Marcuse ("Repressive Tolerance") each contribute one essay to _A Critique of Pure Tolerance_ (1965). They collectively agree that liberal *tolerance* hides political agendas and realities while they disagree, particularly Moore and Marcuse, about role of intellectuals in unmasking hypocrisy (perhaps revealing contradictions is better phrase). Former maintains that they should seek truth (suggeting that nothing is beyond investigation in manner that recalls Marx's comment in letter to Ruge about ruthless critique of everything) sans commitment to political action/ideas/project. Latter attacks those who refuse to take a stand. Specifically, Marcuse calls for intolerance (I think term he uses is 'discriminating tolerance') against status quo that promotes violence, destruction, and misery. Marcuse and Moore were friends, their relationship dated to WW2 when both worked as OSS analysts. |
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