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Subject: M-INTRO: Marcuse: Works and Topicality
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:15:57 +0000


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<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>


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