When the whole is at stake, there is no crime except that of rejecting the whole, or not defending it. ... Those who identify themselves with the whole, who are installed as the leaders and defenders of the whole can make mistakes, but they cannot do wrong - they are not guilty. They may become guilty again when this identification no longer holds, when they are gone.
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.
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.
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 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…
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
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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