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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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Hardcover: 264 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (May 29, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415137810
ISBN-13: 978-0415137812
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
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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

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destruction instinct, definite negation, advanced industrial civilization, instinctual structure, bourgeois period, total administration, human base, technological rationality, socially necessary labor, bourgeois philosophy

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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

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