From: PSEUDONYM-AT-pseud.pseud Subject: M-INTRO: Marcuse: Works and Topicality Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:15:57 +0000 <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV><FONT size=2> <P>[please disseminate]</P> <P>Christian Fuchs</P> <P>"On the Topicality of Selected Aspects of Herbert Marcuse's Works" online at:</P> <P><A href="http://cartoon.iguw.tuwien.ac.at/christian/marcuse_eng.html">http://cartoon.iguw.tuwien.ac.at/christian/marcuse_eng.html</A></P> <P>Abstract</P> <P>The goal of this work is the discussion of selected aspects of the works of</P> <P>Herbert Marcuse in reference to postfordist, neo-liberal and</P> <P>information-societal capitalism. Whereas the material conditions we have</P> <P>reached would make an immediate transition into the realm of freedom</P> <P>possible, the one-dimensional society forestalls qualitative social change</P> <P>in new ways.</P> <P>One-dimensional society still produces one-dimensional, false consciousness</P> <P>and false needs. In this situation of global crisis, Marcuse s dialectical</P> <P>concepts of technology, democracy and culture and his dialectic of</P> <P>liberation are decisive. Whereas liberation seems to become subjectively</P> <P>almost impossible, it would objectively be obvious. Marcuse s utopian</P> <P>thinking and his philosophy of practice are essentially important in such a</P> <P>situation. The search for potentially revolutionary subjects and the</P> <P>strengthening of their self-organisation are tasks of the dialectical unity</P> <P>of theory and practice. One of Marcuse s most important theses is still</P> <P>true: it says that we vacillate throughout between two contradictory</P> <P>hypotheses: (1) that advanced industrial society is capable of containing</P> <P>qualitative change for the foreseeable future; (2) that forces and</P> <P>tendencies exist which may break this containment and explode the society. I</P> <P>do not think that a clear answer can be given (Marcuse 1964, One-Dimensional</P> <P>Man: xlvii).</P> <P>Contents:</P> <P>Introduction: Theory and Practice</P> <P>1. Technology and Utopia</P> <P>2. Revolutionary Subject</P> <P>3. Democracy and Fascism</P> <P>4. Culture</P> <P>5. Conclusion</P></FONT></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Downloaden Sie MSN Explorer kostenlos unter <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_DE.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html> --- from list marxism-intro-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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