Question
This philosopher espoused the ascent of “specifically feminine” characteristics that contrast the male subjectivity of capitalism, in the late lecture “Marxism and Feminism.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this “Father of the New Left” who became a public intellectual in the US in the 1960s and 70s, during which he published An Essay on Liberation.
ANSWER: Herbert Marcuse
[10m] Marcuse's feminism may have been influenced by this student whom he taught at Brandeis and later at UCSD. This activist’s books include Are Prisons Obsolete? and Women, Race, and Class.
ANSWER: Angela Davis [or Angela Yvonne Davis]
[10e] Marcuse's 1965 essay on a “Repressive” form of this policy greatly influenced the student movements of the decade. Popper's The Open Society and its Enemies identifies a “paradox” of this policy, by which it is self-defeating if extended to authoritarians.
ANSWER: tolerance [or toleration; accept “Repressive Tolerance” or the paradox of tolerance]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |