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The Study On Marcuse's Culture-philosophical Thoughts Of One-Dimensional Man

Posted on:2019-09-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:K L ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330548463749Subject:Marxist philosophy
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With the rapid development of global integration,people are satisfying their material wealth.However,they are losing their spiritual pursuits and falling into the cultural anxiety of materialization and hypocrisy at the same time.The complex changes in the current situation of both domestic and abroad make our country face the serious challenges of cultural crisis,and enter in the difficult choice of multiple cultural resources or cultural characteristics.Therefore,cultural philosophy becomes an alternative philosophical form which responds to the most concern of the times.As one of the outstanding representatives of the Frankfurt School and the western Marxism,Marcuse shows rich culture-philosophical thoughts to us in his masterpiece One Dimensional Man.Finding the contents and exploring the unique qualities of his culture-philosophical thoughts,not only help us carry forward the further research of Marcuse's culture-philosophical thoughts,but also help us consciously reflect the problems of the current time.What's more,it can also help us out of the cultural dilemma and propel the development of cultural spirit and cultural construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.Marcuse's culture-philosophical thoughts of One Dimensional Man including three dimensions: First,the criticism of technical rationality is the logical starting point of Marcuse's culture-philosophical thoughts.It reveals the totalitarian essence to individual consciousness and the social reality;Second,cultural criticism is the path of thinking,thus launches a comprehensive criticism to the late capitalist society;Finally,focusing on Eros essence and inner psychology of individual,mixing the theoretical tools of existentialism,psychoanalysis and radical aesthetics together to try to realizing the value orientation of individual's freedom and liberation.These three aspects complement each other and infiltrate each other,so as to highlight the systematic integrity of Marcuse's culture-philosophical thoughts of One Dimensional Man.Besides,the thoughts contains the characteristics of strong criticizing,unique creativity,romantic aesthetics and rich humanism.It is the humanistic cultural philosophy that focuses on the reality of human existence from the academic position.Although there are some inevitable limitations and theoretical defects in Marcuse's culture-philosophical thoughts of One Dimensional Man,in general,the thoughts not only supplements the inadequacy of Marx's theory of alienation in the field of ideology and mass culture,extends the field of research about alienation essence,but also deepens the development of the Frankfurt School's social criticism theory and western cultural philosophy.What's more,it has important enlightenment significance for our current reality of cultural consciousness,cultural confidence and the harmonious development of multi-culture.
Keywords/Search Tags:Marcuse, culture-philosophical thoughts, criticism of technical rationality, cultural criticism, humanism
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