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April 26, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Herbert Marcuse's One-Dimensional Man: Critical Theory, Technological Rationality, and the Integration of Dissent

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EVEMMANUEL ESTRADA VICENCIO

Key Points

  • The aim is to analyze Herbert Marcuse’s key concepts in *One-Dimensional Man* and their implications for critique in modern society.
  • Prepared within a doctoral seminar framework in social theory
  • Focused on the examination of important themes in Marcuse’s work
  • Discussed tensions and dialogues with thinkers such as Habermas and feminist criticism
  • Identified key themes such as instrumental reason and repressive desublimation in Marcuse’s analysis
  • Highlighted the limitations of critique in advanced industrial society
  • Explored internal tensions and dialogues with contemporary theories

Abstract

This presentation was prepared within the framework of the doctoral seminar *Social Theory*. It examines Herbert Marcuse’s *One-Dimensional Man*, focusing on instrumental reason, technological rationality, the integration of dissent, false needs, repressive desublimation, and the limits of critique in advanced industrial society. The presentation also discusses internal tensions in the text and later dialogues with Habermas, feminist criticism, and post-structural approaches. La presente exposición fue elaborada en el marco del seminario doctoral *Teoría Social*. Analiza la obra *El hombre unidimensional* de Herbert Marcuse, con énfasis en la razón instrumental, la racionalidad tecnológica, la integración de la disidencia, las necesidades falsas, la desublimación represiva y los límites de la crítica en la sociedad industrial avanzada. Asimismo, se examinan tensiones internas del texto y diálogos posteriores con Habermas, la crítica feminista y enfoques posestructuralistas.

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