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... an astounding synthesis of philosophy, social science, economics, and literature... The selections contained in this volume concisely articulate Marcuse's vision of a revolutionary future.
–David Ingram, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
... an astounding synthesis of philosophy, social science, economics, and literature... The selections contained in this volume concisely articulate Marcuses vision of a revolutionary future.
–David Ingram, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Through a rich collection of papers and letters, this book shows Marcuse at his most radical, focusing on his critical theory of contemporary society, his analyses of technology, capitalism, the fate of the individual, and prospects for social change in contemporary society.
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... an astounding synthesis of philosophy, social science, economics, and literature... The selections contained in this volume concisely articulate Marcuse's vision of a revolutionary future.
–David Ingram, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
... an astounding synthesis of philosophy, social science, economics, and literature... The selections contained in this volume concisely articulate Marcuses vision of a revolutionary future.
–David Ingram, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Through a rich collection of papers and letters, this book shows Marcuse at his most radical, focusing on his critical theory of contemporary society, his analyses of technology, capitalism, the fate of the individual, and prospects for social change in contemporary society.
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One of the accomplishments of advanced industrial civilization is the non-terroristic, democratic decline of freedom - the efficient, smooth, reasonable unfreedom which seems to have its roots in technical progress itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
destruction instinct, definite negation, advanced industrial civilization, instinctual structure, bourgeois period, total administration, human base, technological rationality, socially necessary labor, bourgeois philosophy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Herbert Marcuse, New York, One-Dimensional Man, New Left, Hans Meyerhoff, Max Horkheimer, Performance Principle, Political Preface, Soviet Marxism, Beacon Press, San Diego, Third World, University of California, Brandeis University Waltham, Los Angeles Times, United States, World War, Gesammelte Schriften, Institute of Social Research, New Haven, Ninth Symphony New!
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One of the accomplishments of advanced industrial civilization is the non-terroristic, democratic decline of freedom - the efficient, smooth, reasonable unfreedom which seems to have its roots in technical progress itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
destruction instinct, definite negation, advanced industrial civilization, instinctual structure, bourgeois period, total administration, human base, technological rationality, socially necessary labor, bourgeois philosophy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Herbert Marcuse, New York, One-Dimensional Man, New Left, Hans Meyerhoff, Max Horkheimer, Performance Principle, Political Preface, Soviet Marxism, Beacon Press, San Diego, Third World, University of California, Brandeis University Waltham, Los Angeles Times, United States, World War, Gesammelte Schriften, Institute of Social Research, New Haven, Ninth Symphony New!
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- Soviet Marxism by Herbert Marcuse on 7 pages
- Technology, War and Fascism: Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse by Herbert Marcuse on 5 pages
- Critical Theory (Critical Theory Ppr) by Max Horkheimer on 5 pages
- Counterrevolution and Revolt by Herbert Marcuse on 5 pages
- An Essay on Liberation by Herbert Marcuse on 4 pages
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- Herbert Marcuse: A Critical Reader by John Abromeit on 8 pages
- The New Left and the 1960s: Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse by Herbert Marcuse on 5 pages
- Herbert Marcuse: A Critical Reader by John Abromeit in Front Matter, page 222, and page 223
- Political Worship: Ethics for Christian Citizens (Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics) by Bernd Wannenwetsch on page 179, and Back Matter
- Key Contemporary Social Theorists by Anthony Elliott on page 224
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