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1、ONE-DIMENSIONALSOCIETYREVISITED:ANANALYSISOFHERBERTMARCUSESONE-DIMENSIONALMAN34YEARSLATERcALLANR.WILSON1998B.A.UniversityofLethbridge,1972B.Ed.,UniversityofLethbridge,1992AThesisSubmittedtotheFacultyofEducationofTheUniversityofLethbridgeinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegr
2、eeMASTEROFEDUCATIONLETHBRIDGE,ALBERTAApril,1998AbstractUsingapagebypageanalysisofHerbertMarcuse'sOne-DimensionalMan,theauthorfindsinsightandempathywithalmostalloftheideasinthis1964book,writtenattheapexoftheColdWarandtheSpaceRace.Marcusewrotethatcontemporaryindustrialsocietydominatesl
3、ifeandrepulsesallalternatives,its"project"istoconvertnatureandpeopleinto"stuff1,anditabsorbscriticismbyco-optingitfromwithin.AlthoughMarcusedidnotforseethecollapseofEuropeanCommunism,hiswritingsaboutthedominationoftheindustrialworldaremoreprescient:theauthorfindstheprogressoffreemark
4、etcapitalismhasactuallyspeededup,withdiastrousconsequencesforboththeworld'spoorestpeopleanditsphysicalecology.Usingcontemporaryhistorians,criticsandwritersthatcansupportMarcuse'sanalysis,aswellaspersonalexperiencesandobservations,theauthorcitessourcesthatshow40,000peopledieofstarvati
5、oneveryday,that90millionpeopleareborneveryyear,andabout1/3oftheworldlivesinarealmofexploitationandsuffering.Inaddition,theenvironmentisirreparablydamaged,andcapitalismmayconsumeitselfwithautomationandelectronicfinancialspeculation.Theauthorproposesareasonablestandardoflivingforindivi
6、dualstosolvetheproblemsofpovertyandenvironmentalchaos,justliketeachersarepaidtoeducatechildren.Theremustalsobeamoreindependentsourceofinformationaboutthiscrisis,andthatinformationshouldbebroughtintoclassrooms,andthelargestcorporationsmustbeconvincedthatrectifyingthesituation,andpayin
7、gforit,isintheirbestinterests.TheentireprojectthatMarcusewascriticalofmustchangetowardtheideaoffindingourselvesintheserviceofothers.Tothatend,schoolsshouldde-emphasizejobtrainingandconcentrateoncurrenteventsandconsumereducation,thereshouldbemoreresourcesforthedevelopmentofthearts,stu
8、dentsshoulds