Research On The Marcuse's Critical Theory Of Science And Technology

Herbert·Marcuse (1898-1972) is one of the most important representatives of the Frankfurt School, the paper expounds his critical theory of science and technology. In the formation process of Marcuse's theory, it influenced by Freud, Marx, Heidegger and the Frankfurt School's theory, and formed his own unique system of thought on the basis of their outstanding achievements ideology.Marcuse believes that the rapid development of science technology, advanced industrial capitalism led to contemporary performance of a new form of social contradictions. Marcuse pointed out that the value of science and technology as the only source of surplus value, due to scientific and technological progress has brought great changes in social productivity, labor efficiency is no longer decided by the people ,but rather determined by the machine, Thus, science and technology becomes primary productivity of the developed capitalist society ;the same time, science and technology increased the level of alienation in a capitalist environment of advanced industrial society, the human person and society become a single technical relationship, resulting in a comprehensive alienation; In addition, science and technology as the source of suppression of love and desire, science and technology not only represents the most advanced productivity of capitalist society, and become the new tool of political domination of capitalist society, depriving independent thinking and the pursuit of individual freedom of people; Finally, the scientific and technological development has also led to one-dimensional society, the society has lost the principle of negative and critical, replaced by a highly integrated one-way degree of community; scientific and technological development not only leads to one-dimensional society, but also led to the One-Dimensional Man, scientific and technological development of a unified human's all aspects of the fields, excluding all the opposition and resistance factors, people become a One-Dimensional Man. Therefore, out of the predicament of science and technology, Marcuse also try to find the corresponding theoretical exploration. Eros Liberation is the goal, to build a repressed desire and free society, but if want to really bring out the difficulties, we need to further develop and standardize the scientific technology. At the same time, Marcuse also put forward their own revolution, he argued that the big rejection to all capitalist society.Marcuse's critical theory of science and technology on the whole of Western in advanced industrial societies had a profound reflection and criticism, we must try to avoid the problems which is emerged in the development of the economy, we should attach great importance to the issue of human values and human development issues, to achieve a comprehensive development from matter to spirit.