L' UOMO A UNA DIMENSIONE | V EDIZ. 1968 | HERBERT MARCUSE

Herbert Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man (Italian 5th edition, 1968) is a cornerstone of critical theory, analyzing advanced industrial society and its mechanisms of social control. Marcuse argues that technological rationality, mass consumption, and the integration of dissent produce a “one-dimensional” individual who accepts domination as freedom. The book critiques both capitalist democracies and state socialism, showing how ideology and consumer culture suppress critical thought. Written in the context of the 1960s, it became influential in student and radical movements, shaping debates on alienation, freedom, and resistance. Its Italian reception, especially in Einaudi’s series, made it a key text in political and philosophical discussions of modernity.