A Logical Examination of Marcuse's Theory of Non-Repressive Civilization
Herbert Marcuse,reinterpreting and transforming Sigmund Freud's theory of repressive civilization from the perspective of Karl Marx's theory of labor alienation,proposes the theory of non-repressive civilization.Marcuse's theory profoundly reveals the highly repressive and al-ienating nature of advanced industrial capitalist societies.It also explores the possibility of reconstruc-ting a non-repressive social civilization through the liberation of human eros under conditions of ad-vanced material civilization.This paper,through a logical examination of this theoretical construct,argues that Marcuse's reliance on the achievements of advanced industrial society as a condition for the possibility of a non-repressive civilization is insufficient;that a non-repressive lifestyle inevitably leads to a regression in the productivity of life,which contradicts the Marxist view of social progress and civilization.
Herbert MarcuseSigmund FreudKarl Heinrich Marxnon-repressive civilization
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