Good Sense and Bad Materialism: Gramsci and Marcuse on Ideology and Institutions

• In Event: Contemporary Horizons of Power

Brief Overview

This paper pairs Gramsci’s distinction between common sense and good sense with Marcuse’s dichotomy of materialist theory and bad materialism. I identify their shared characteristics and their relevance for understanding today’s crises of democracy.

Author

• Volker Schmitz, Indiana University-Bloomington