One-Dimentional Man：One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

Oneofthemostimportanttextsofmoderntimes,HerbertMarcuse'sanalysisandimageofaone-dimensionalmaninaone-dimensionalsocietyhasshapedmanyyoungradicals'wayofseeingandexperiencinglife.Publishedin1964,itfastbecameanideologicalbiblefortheemergentNewLeft.AsDouglasKellnernotesinhisintroduction,Marcuse'sgreatestworkwasa'damningindictmentofcontemporaryWesternsocieties,capitalistandcommunist.'Yetitalsoexpressedthehopesofaradicalphilosopherthathumanfreedomandhappinesscouldbegreatlyexpandedbeyondtheregimentedthoughtandbehaviourprevalentinestablishedsociety.ForthosewhoheldthereignsofpowerMarcuse'scalltoarmsthreatenedcivilizationtoitsverycore.Formanyothershowever,itrepresentedafreedomhithertounimaginable.