Ontogeny, Phylogeny, Evolution

Freud conceives the human species as seeking Civilization, which necessarily requires the repression of the instincts of its members.  In contrast, according to Marcuse's Marxist diagnosis of that antagonism, it is only contingent, for it is actually a manifestation of resolvable Class-Conflict.  Still, Marcuse accepts the initial terms of Freud's concept of the Species-Member relation, including a version of the thesis that Ontogeny recapitulates Phylogeny.  However, as has been previously discussed, that concept leaves the Species-Member relation undefined, and, so, Marcuse does not consider the possibility that it is that of Whole-Part, from which it follows that Phylogeny is micro-Evolutionary pattern, in which Ontogeny functions as a Mutation.