One-Dimensional Man - Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society (Hardcover, New edition)

Herbert Marcuse's analysis and image of a one-dimensional man in a one-dimensional society has shaped many young radicals' way of seeing and experiencing life. Published in 1964, it fast became an ideological bible for the emergent New Left.;As Douglas Kellner notes in his introduction, Marcuse's greatest work was a "damning indictment of contemporary Western societies, capitalist and communist". Yet it also expressed the hopes of a radical philosopher that human freedom and happiness could be greatly expanded beyond the regimented thought and behaviour prevalent in established society.;For those who held the reigns of power Marcuse's call to arms threatened civilization to its very core. For many others however, it represented a freedom hitherto unimaginable.