by Herbert Marcuse · Ariel; Barcelona · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434408319
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One-Dimensional Man is an essay by Herbert Marcuse, published in 1964, offering a critique of advanced industrial society. Marcuse argues that advanced capitalist societies create false needs and suppress critical thinking, integrating individuals into a one-dimensional system of thought and behavior. This book analyzes how technology and mass culture are used to control the population and maintain the status quo, limiting individuals' ability to imagine alternatives and resist oppression.
Herbert Marcuse was a German and American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin and then at the University of Freiburg, where he received his PhD under the supervision of Martin Heidegger. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research, which later became known as the Frankfurt School. In his written works, he criticized capitalism, modern technology, Soviet Communism, and popular culture, arguing that they represent new forms of social control.
