▁radical ism ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁Western ▁B loc . ▁The ▁term ▁" n ouvelle ▁gauche " ▁was ▁already ▁current ▁in ▁France ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁associated ▁with ▁France ▁Observ ateur , ▁and ▁its ▁editor ▁Claude ▁Bour det , ▁who ▁attempted ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁third ▁position , ▁between ▁the ▁dominant ▁St alin ist ▁and ▁social ▁dem ocr atic ▁t endencies ▁of ▁the ▁left , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁Cold ▁War ▁b loc s . ▁It ▁was ▁from ▁this ▁French ▁" new ▁left " ▁that ▁the ▁" First ▁New ▁Left " ▁of ▁Britain ▁borrow ed ▁the ▁term . ▁ ▁The ▁German - J ew ish ▁critical ▁the or ist ▁Herbert ▁Marc use ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁" F ather ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Left ". ▁He ▁rejected ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁class ▁struggle ▁and ▁the ▁Marx ist ▁concern ▁with ▁labor . ▁According ▁to ▁Les zek ▁Ko ł ak owski , ▁Marc use ▁argued ▁that ▁since ▁" all ▁questions ▁of ▁material ▁existence ▁have ▁been ▁solved , ▁moral ▁commands ▁and ▁prohib itions ▁are ▁no ▁longer ▁relevant ". ▁He ▁regarded ▁the ▁real ization ▁of ▁man ' s ▁er otic ▁nature , ▁or ▁E ros , ▁as ▁the ▁true ▁liber ation ▁of ▁human ity , ▁which ▁inspired ▁the ▁u top ias ▁of ▁Jerry ▁Rub in ▁and ▁others . ▁However , ▁Marc use ▁also ▁believed ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁Log os , ▁which ▁involves ▁one ' s ▁reason , ▁would ▁abs orb ▁E ros ▁over ▁time ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Another ▁prominent ▁New ▁Left