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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.… (más)
P_S_Patrick: Social and political criticism, tending toward libertarianism, promotion of individual responsibility, and against of materialist or political homogeneity.
Información procedente del Conocimiento común alemán.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común alemán.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Dient nicht die Bedrohung durch eine atomare Katastrophe, die das Menschengeschlecht auslöschen könnte, ebensosehr dazu, gerade diejenigen Kräfte zu schützen, die diese Gefahr verewigen?
(Deutsche Übersetzung von Alfred Schmidt)
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común alemán.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Zu Beginn der faschistischen Ära schrieb Walter Benjamin: Nur um der Hoffnungslosen willen ist uns die Hoffnung gegeben.
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.