One Dimensional Man: The Ideology Of Industrial Society
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At the height of the postwar economic boom, Herbert Marcuse issued a radical and penetrating indictment of modern industrial civilization in One Dimensional Man: The Ideology of Industrial Society, arguing that the very prosperity and technological progress celebrated by Western society had become the most insidious instruments of oppression. Marcuse presents a sweeping critique of both capitalist and Soviet communist societies, contending that advanced industrial civilization creates a system of false needs that integrates individuals into the existing system of production and consumption, neutralizing all genuine opposition and radical thought. The result, he argues, is the emergence of a one-dimensional society in which critical thinking, dissent, and authentic human freedom are systematically absorbed and neutralized by a culture of consumerism and technological rationality. A cornerstone of critical theory and the Frankfurt School tradition, this work proved to be one of the most influential philosophical texts of the twentieth century, becoming a defining intellectual touchstone for the student revolutionary movements of the 1960s — so much so that in France, it reportedly outsold Mao's Little Red Book. Marcuse writes with uncompromising analytical rigor, drawing on Hegel, Marx, and Freud to construct an argument that is at once deeply historical and urgently prescient. Decades after its first publication, its central question — whether humanity can reclaim authentic freedom from the grip of technological society — remains as disturbingly unanswered as ever.
Author: Herbert Marcuse
Format: Paperback
Published: 1968, Sphere Books
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the height of the postwar economic boom, Herbert Marcuse issued a radical and penetrating indictment of modern industrial civilization in One Dimensional Man: The Ideology of Industrial Society, arguing that the very prosperity and technological progress celebrated by Western society had become the most insidious instruments of oppression. Marcuse presents a sweeping critique of both capitalist and Soviet communist societies, contending that advanced industrial civilization creates a system of false needs that integrates individuals into the existing system of production and consumption, neutralizing all genuine opposition and radical thought. The result, he argues, is the emergence of a one-dimensional society in which critical thinking, dissent, and authentic human freedom are systematically absorbed and neutralized by a culture of consumerism and technological rationality. A cornerstone of critical theory and the Frankfurt School tradition, this work proved to be one of the most influential philosophical texts of the twentieth century, becoming a defining intellectual touchstone for the student revolutionary movements of the 1960s — so much so that in France, it reportedly outsold Mao's Little Red Book. Marcuse writes with uncompromising analytical rigor, drawing on Hegel, Marx, and Freud to construct an argument that is at once deeply historical and urgently prescient. Decades after its first publication, its central question — whether humanity can reclaim authentic freedom from the grip of technological society — remains as disturbingly unanswered as ever.