Abstract
The present article departs from concepts and ideas thoroughly developed by Herbert Marcuse. As such, it deals with his approach concerning the possibility of social transformation, looking to problematize the obstacles and hardships associated to the ongoing forms of social domination. To take this through, central works such as Eros and civilization and One-dimensional man are taken up, along with a number of lesser known texts and posthumously published reflections. Asserting the influence of Hegel, Marx and Freud, it is considered possible to criticize some of the existing contradictions that mark capitalist relations, interpreting them dialectically and immanently to unveil the potentials for social change through democratic attunement.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-13-2018
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2018.146519
Repository Citation
Farr, Arnold L., "Unhappy Consciousness, One-Dimensionality, and the Possibility of Social Transformation" (2018). Philosophy Faculty Publications. 10.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/philosophy_facpub/10
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Tempo Social, v. 30, no. 3.
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