In the end
1. Does "In the end" in this context mean "on the whole"?
2. What does "but otherwise as a group they lacked any social or political specificity" mean?
Context:
By 1969 he understood that the potential of Eros had already been co-opted by advertising propaganda and transformed into an engine of capitalism. (In strong contrast to Marcuse’s defeatist stance of the late 1960s, surrealist and post-modernist artists understood that this territory remained highly contested.) In the end homosexuals constituted only a “perverted” subgroup for Marcuse—the term was positive in his usage—but otherwise as a group they lacked any social or political specificity.
Top answer
1. It could mean "towards the end of his life/career", but I think more likely it means "ultimately" in the sense of "fundamentally", or "when reduced to the simplest analysis". 2.
- 1.
- It could mean "towards the end of his life/career", but I think more likely it means "ultimately" in the sense of "fundamentally", or "when reduced to the simplest analysis".
- 2.
- They didn't have a specific social or political identity.
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1. It could mean "towards the end of his life/career", but I think more likely it means "ultimately" in the sense of "fundamentally", or "when reduced to the simplest analysis".
2. They didn't have a specific social or political identity.
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