by Herbert Marcuse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475307107
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"One-Dimensional Man" is an essay by Herbert Marcuse that offers a profound critique of advanced industrial society and its impact on individual autonomy. Marcuse argues that technological and economic forces create a homogeneous culture that suppresses critical thinking and dissent, reducing individuals to a single dimension of existence. In this context, the book examines how the media, advertising, and politics contribute to the integration of the working class into the capitalist system, thus perpetuating domination and lack of freedom.
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.
