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Country United States Media type Print ISBN 0-8070-0595-9 Subject Philosophy | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 91 Originally published 1969 Page count 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herbert Marcuse books Counterrevolution and Revolt, Eros and Civilization, One‑Dimensional Man, The Aesthetic Dimension, Reason and Revolution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An Essay on Liberation is a 1969 book by Frankfurt School philosopher Herbert Marcuse.
Contents
Summary
Marcuse argues that advanced industrial society has rendered the traditional conception of human freedom obsolete, and outlines new possibilities for contemporary human liberation.
Reception
Author Brian Easlea writes that Marcuse, having in the past been attacked by Marxists for his "quite unambiguous indictment of science and perhaps feeling that he had directed too much attention away from the rulers of advanced industrial society", apparently "reversed direction" in An Essay on Liberation by endorsing science and technology as "great vehicles of liberation".
References
An Essay on Liberation Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA