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One dimensional man

01 May 1965-Philosophical Books (Blackwell Publishing Ltd)-Vol. 6, Iss: 2, pp 17-20
About: This article is published in Philosophical Books.The article was published on 1965-05-01. It has received 2842 citations till now.
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TL;DR: In this article, the notion of ideology as a material phenomenon, usually in the form of institutionalized, taken-for-granted practices, is introduced and expanded upon by drawing on Herbert Marcuse and related thinkers.
Abstract: This article expands upon the notion of ideology as a material phenomenon, usually in the form of institutionalized, taken-for-granted practices. It draws on Herbert Marcuse and related thinkers to...

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  • ...Modern technological rationality declares that the ‘empirically observed thing is the only reality’ (i.e., cannot detect alternative social futures within the present) (Feenberg, 2005b: 87), and sees nature as ‘stuff of control and organization’ (Marcuse, 1964: 153)....

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  • ...…capitalism and its new forms of social control, like media and information technologies, allow for a smoother reproduction of the expansion of the accumulation process by fashioning automotive-like passive consumer-workers who believe (correctly) that conformity is useful (Marcuse, 1964: 2)....

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  • ...As observed by Marcuse (1964) and Debord (1983), the ruling class controls the mass media and communication and therefore has great power to perpetuate ideology – strategically concealing how the institutions they are promoting benefit them at the expense of others....

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  • ...…between what is actual and what is possible in his explanation for one-dimensionality: by levelling the tension between ‘the given and the possible’ (Marcuse, 1964: 8), consumermonopoly capitalism and its new forms of social control, like media and information technologies, allow for a smoother…...

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TL;DR: The authors examined a distinct form of moral argumentation found to be common in a corpus of 500 editorials and opinion pieces written in 23 US newspapers and news magazines between August and October 2002 debating whether or not the US should attack Iraq.
Abstract: This article examines a distinct form of moral argumentation found to be common in a corpus of 500 editorials and opinion pieces written in 23 US newspapers and news magazines between August and October 2002 debating whether or not the US should attack Iraq. The purpose of the article is to delineate this communicative phenomenon, which we call moral muting . Moral muting occurs when a message either blunts the moral considerations involved in a case or presents an equivocal moral meaning. Moral muting overlaps with but is distinct from mitigation, and even when it involves mitigation, moral muting depends on devices that go beyond those generally associated with conversational mitigation. The examination of moral muting offered here contributes to a better understanding of moral communication in general and of the conduct of the American public sphere.

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  • ...For Habermas (1989, 1998), as well as for the entire Frankfurt School (see, for example, Horkheimer, 1983; Marcuse, 1964), one of the problems of modernity is that moral and values rationality is increasingly eroded....

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  • ...Each instance of such moral muting reinforces the cultural privatization of morality and the hegemony of instrumental reason that Marcuse (1964) called ‘onedimensional’ thought....

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16 Sep 2016
TL;DR: The body has become a contested phenomenon within social analysis and society as mentioned in this paper, as developments in science, medicine and technology have made the body increasingly malleable, so too have they made it subject to debates and disagreements about what is normal, desirable and even sacred about the physical identities and capacities of embodied subjects.
Abstract: During the last few decades there has been a pronounced ‘turn to the body’ within sociology and social thought. Exploring the background to and the parameters of this development, this paper explores how this focus on embodiment has been used to develop new perspectives within social and cultural analysis, and can be assessed as an essential means of avoiding the Cartesian bias within much Western thought. Revisiting sociology’s heritage, it then identifies important resources for this project within classical writings, before analyzing why the body has become such a contested phenomenon within social analysis and society. As developments in science, medicine and technology have made the body increasingly malleable, so too have they made it subject to debates and disagreements about what is normal, desirable and even sacred about the physical identities and capacities of embodied subjects. Keywords: the body, embodiment, sociology, structures/agency, social inequalities.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a critique of the postmodernist notion that there has been of recent years a dissolution of the divide between aesthetics and practical activities, between Art and Life, is provided by considering soccer from a phenomenological viewpoint.
Abstract: This article provides a critique of the postmodernist notion that there has been of recent years a dissolution of the divide between aesthetics and practical activities, between Art and Life. It does so by considering the game of soccer from a phenomenological viewpoint, which shows that the game possesses intrinsically ‘aesthetic’ qualities. The conditions of possibility of such qualities are understood by introducing the idea of the ‘proto‐aesthetics’ of soccer and other mundane phenomena. By considering the proto‐aesthetics of the quotidian we argue that recent changes in the nature of practical life should not be regarded as due to ‘aestheticisation’ but rather as springing from processes of commodification.

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  • ...…forms of creativity that are antagonistic to the straitened world of the commodity, which downgrades free 292 David Inglis and John Hughson expression of the self in favour of consumption of consumer delights, a form of action which diminishes and degrades that self in the process (Marcuse, 1964)....

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined accounts of travelers in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction and found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors interpret critical urban theory with reference to four mutually interconnected elements: its theoretical character; its reflexivity; its critique of instrumental reason; and its emphasis on the disjuncture between the actual and the possible.
Abstract: What is critical urban theory? While this phrase is often used in a descriptive sense, to characterize the tradition of post‐1968 leftist or radical urban studies, I argue that it also has determinate social–theoretical content. To this end, building on the work of several Frankfurt School social philosophers, this paper interprets critical theory with reference to four, mutually interconnected elements—its theoretical character; its reflexivity; its critique of instrumental reason; and its emphasis on the disjuncture between the actual and the possible. On this basis, a brief concluding section considers the status of urban questions within critical social theory. In the early 21st century, I argue, each of the four key elements within critical social theory requires sustained engagement with contemporary patterns of capitalist urbanization. Under conditions of increasingly generalized, worldwide urbanization, the project of critical social theory and that of critical urban theory have been intertwined a...

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TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature, including self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers.
Abstract: This article provides an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature. Image refers to the overall idea or conceptualization, capturing how researchers relate to — and shape — a phenomenon. Seven images are suggested: self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers. These refer to how the individual is metaphorically understood in terms of identity, that is, how the researcher (research text) captures the individual producing a sense of self. The article aims to facilitate orientation — or encourage productive confusion — within the field, encourage reflexivity and sharpen analytic choices through awareness of options for how to conceptualize self-identity constructions.

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