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One-dimensional man: studies in ideology of advanced industrial society

By Herbert , Kellner , Douglas; Marcuse

Book information

Publisher
Routledge Classics
Year
2002
ISBN
9780415289764, 9780415289771, 0415289769, 0415289777
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10576751 bytes)
Series
Routledge classics
Edition
2nd edition
Pages
xlviii-275 p.; 21 cm\324
Time added
2020-11-29 04:17:40
Philosophy;Sociology;Nonfiction;Politics;Theory;Ps

Description

One of the most important texts of modern times, Herbert Marcuse's analysis and image of a one-dimensional man in a one-dimensional society has shaped many young radicals' way of seeing and experiencing life. Published in 1964, it fast became an ideological bible for the emergent New Left. As Douglas Kellner notes in his introduction, Marcuse's greatest work was a 'damning indictment of contemporary Western societies, capitalist and communist.' Yet it also expressed the hopes of a radical philosopher that human freedom and happiness could be greatly expanded beyond the regimented thought and behaviour prevalent in established society. For those who held the reigns of power Marcuse's call to arms threatened civilization to its very core. For many others however, it represented a freedom hitherto unimaginable.

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