... Society, and Thought, vol. 16, no. 2 (2003)1Book Review Reactionary Philosophy and Ambiguous Aesthetics in the Revolutionary Politics of Herbert Marcuse—A Review Essay Ralph Dumain Art, ... aesthetic principles or judgments, and between the latter and his politics. The missing link: Marcuse and U.S. culture The most glaring omission in Reitz’s presentation is an analy-sis of the ... few cultural expressions of the 1960s that Marcuse condemned. On the other hand, it seems that Bob Dylan joins the august com-pany of Joyce, Beckett, and others in standing up for art-as-alien-ation...