One Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society - Hardcover

Herbert Marcuse

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807015741 ISBN 13: 9780807015742

Publisher: Beacon Press, 1964

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was born in Berlin and educated at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg. He fled Germany in 1933 and arrived in the United States in 1934. Marcuse taught at Columbia, Harvard, Brandeis, and the University of California, San Diego, where he met Andrew Feenberg and William Leiss as graduate students. He is the author of numerous books, including One-Dimensional Man and Eros and Civilization.

Review

Marcuse shows himself to be one of the most radical and forceful thinkers of this time. --The Nation

Edition details

• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publication date: 1964
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807015741
• ISBN 13: 9780807015742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260