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Herbert Marcuse’s 1964 volume "One-Dimensional Man" offers a sweeping analysis of advanced industrial society. He argues that both contemporary capitalism and Soviet communism foster new forms of social repression, using mass media, advertising, and industrial management to create false needs that integrate individuals into the existing production and consumption system. The work illustrates the decline of revolutionary potential in the West while highlighting parallel dynamics in the East.
First publish date: 1963
Genre: Philosophy/Ethics
Authors: Herbert Marcuse
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One-Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse

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