from different corners
Does "from different corners" in the provided text mean "from different corners of the world" or "from different arenas"?
Context:
In their adaptation of Freud, Western Marxists from several different corners—from surrealists in France and in Latin America to, in the postwar era, Frankfurt School theorist Herbert Marcuse in his book Eros and Civilization (1955)—claimed that sexual repression was a negative effect of advanced capitalism in industrialized societies.
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"from different arenas"
It is a tricky one as the sentence refers to both the geographical and philosophical.
It means "from different arenas" of philosophy because the sentence is more concerned about the political/social elements than the physical location of any group.
In my opinion the sentence is working too hard and should be split up. This section "from several different corners" seems a bit unnecessary.
A reduced version but I am still not happy that it flows:
Western Marxists, surrealists in France, Latin America and In the postwar era School theorist Herbert Marcuse in his book Eros and Civilization (1955) — claimed that sexual repression was a negative effect of advanced capitalism in industrialized societies.
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The obvious first reaction, given the "all four corners of the earth/world" idiom, is different parts of the world but I think it means from different arenas/viewpoints/different schools of Marxism here.
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