The article presents the first Herbert Marcuse reflection towards the separation between art and life, which is developed in his doctoral dissertation, Der deutsche Kunstlerroman (The German Artist Novel). The dissonance between the world of art and that of life per pass the philosopher thought and all his future works. The infinite inner richness of human imagination will always be in aesthetic and social conflict with the so-called real world.
Aesthesis; Literature; Critique Theory; Poetry; Beauty; Eros