Book · 2012 · Political Science
One-Dimensional Man
Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
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The revolutionary energy is no longer with the working classes because capitalism delivers the goods.
What they say about it
- Capitalism delivers the goods“capitalism delivers the goods”2
- Book sales and publication year“sold 300 000 copies”2
The best things said about it
Because capitalism delivers the goods he said and he came right out and he said that because capitalism delivers a good life for people.
His book from 1964 the year before the essay was called one dimensional man sold 300 000 copies.
James Lindsay The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2024 He wrote a book in 64 called one dimensional man sold 300 000 copies in the first year.
James Lindsay Timcast IRL · Mar 2022 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
One-Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse is a prominent 1964 socio-political critique examining how advanced industrial society controls human behavior and suppresses dissent through consumerism and technological rationality. On Timcast IRL, Seamus Coughlin brought up the book to explain how left-wing revolutionary energy shifted away from the working class toward minority populations because capitalism successfully delivers material goods and a comfortable lifestyle. Phil, hosting on Timcast IRL, similarly cited the work while discussing the historical shift in revolutionary energy away from traditional workers. James Lindsay mentioned the book on The Joe Rogan Experience and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast to provide historical context regarding Marcuse's theories and the challenges of balancing socialism against capitalist systems, noting its high sales figures upon release. Tim Pool also referenced One-Dimensional Man across multiple episodes of Timcast IRL, including discussions with guests, using Marcuse's framework to argue that modern political behaviors are predictable and deeply rooted in historical leftist theory, particularly relating to political tolerance and societal control mechanisms.
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James Lindsay his book from 1964 the year before the essay was called one dimensional man sold 300 000 copies 3
“his book from 1964 the year before the essay was called one dimensional man sold 300 000 copies”
“So we go back to our neo-Marxist Herbert Marcuse writing in 'One-Dimensional Man'... and what is he saying? What's his argument?”
“He wrote a book in 64 called one dimensional man sold 300 000 copies in the first year”
Tim Pool Herbert maruse before on the on the podcast he wrote a paper in theal man he wrote the book called m-dimens… 2
“Herbert maruse before on the on the podcast he wrote a paper in theal man he wrote the book called m-dimensional man but he wrote a a paper an essay called that I believe he called it on tolerance but it was essentially it was called repressive tolerance”
“he wrote a book called one dimensional man”
Seamus Coughlin Mark Hughes said in one-dimensional man he said that the the revolutionary energy is no longer with the wor… 1
“Mark Hughes said in one-dimensional man he said that the the revolutionary energy is no longer with the working classes because capitalism delivers the goods right he said that that capitalism can provide not just the things that you need but it provides a good life.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“I think it was in in onedimensional man he was talking about how because capitalism delivers the goods he said and he came right out and he said that because capitalism delivers a a good life for people”
