The strains and stresses suffered by the individual in society are grounded in the normal functioning of that society (and of the individual!) rather than in its disturbances and diseases.
The tangible source of exploitation disappears behind the façade of objective rationality. - Herbert Marcuse
The tangible source of exploitation disappears behind the façade of objective rationality.
- Herbert Marcuse
Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world. - Herbert Marcuse
Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.
Most people are afraid of freedom. They are conditioned to be afraid of it. - Herbert Marcuse
Most people are afraid of freedom. They are conditioned to be afraid of it.
The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. - Herbert Marcuse
The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.
Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination. - Herbert Marcuse
Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.
The precarious ontological link between Logos and Eros is broken, and scientific rationality emerges as essentially neutral. - Herbert Marcuse
The precarious ontological link between Logos and Eros is broken, and scientific rationality emerges as essentially neutral.
The sickness of the individual is ultimately caused by and sustained by the sickness of his civilization - Herbert Marcuse
The sickness of the individual is ultimately caused by and sustained by the sickness of his civilization
The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressive… - Herbert Marcuse
The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressive…
Liberating tolerance, then, would mean intolerance against movements from the Right, and toleration of movements from the Left. - Herbert Marcuse
Liberating tolerance, then, would mean intolerance against movements from the Right, and toleration of movements from the Left.
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