Técnica, ciência e neutralidade no pensamento de Herbert Marcuse
Abstract
Herbert Marcuse was the author of a controversial critique of the thesis of the neutrality of
technology and science, presented mainly in his book published in 1964, One-Dimensional
Man: studies in the ideology of advanced industrial society. The aim of the work is an
understanding of that critique, and it is divided into three parts. The first one deals with the
influence that the philosophical discussions of the 1940 s and 1950 s had on the development
of the theme in Marcuse s thought. The second part is a study of the origins of the critique of
neutrality in texts written by Marcuse in his youth that brings to light the very peculiar way
he articulates philosophy and Marxism, which in turn, as it is shown in the third part, leads to
a severe criticism of the advanced industrial societies. The approach to technique, science
and politics that follows from that double philosophic and social conception is the basis for
the structuring of Marcuse s thought.