scholarly journals Digital Society and Multi-Dimensional Man (Repositioning Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man)

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-296
Author(s):  
A. Z. Chernyak ◽  
E. Lemanto
Keyword(s):  
Karl Marx ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Herbert Marcuse ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Type

One of the major concerns of the social philosophy is the technological revolution and its impacts on the social systems. Critical views on the systems from the social philosophers depart from the social predicaments of their time. The pivotal critic of Karl Marx in his work of Das Capital , for example, is on poverty caused by the system of capitalism. Capitalism, for him, only produces various social downturns such as slavery, oppressions, exploitations and impoverishment. Herbert Marcuse, meanwhile, pointed at the same problem, but he came from a different point of view from Marx. Marcuse criticized the abundant society. In One Dimensional Man Marcuse rendered a couple of incisive critics on the industrial society. Industrial society, for him, is marked by the abundance and surplus but this society is still oppressed under a new type of slavery, called voluntary slavery . We may briefly say that both philosophers rendered critics on the same matter of the industrial society, but the two stood on the different position. Marx’s critic was on the hungry and deficient society, while Marcuse on a satiated, plenteous and surplus society. The aim of this paper is to present of how Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man ends in the digital age.

scholarly journals Political praxis, social analysis and western modernization: a theoretical-political route for critical social theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-173
Author(s):  
Leno Francisco Danner ◽  
Fernando Danner
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Social Analysis ◽  
Erich Fromm ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Praxis ◽  
Critical Social

This paper criticizes the emphasis placed by contemporary social theory and political philosophy on institutionalism as the basis for the understanding, legitimation and changing of institutions, or social systems, and society as a whole. The more impactful characteristic of institutionalism is its technical-logical structuring, based on an impartial, neutral and formal proceduralism that autonomizes social systems in relation to political praxis and social normativity, depoliticizing these social systems. Here, they are no longer depoliticized, but assume political centrality as the fundamental social subjects of the legitimation and evolution of institutions and society. The paper’s central argument is that it is necessary to re-politicize the institutions and the social subjects or social classes in order to ground and streamline a direct political praxis and the civil society’s social-political subjects as the basis for framing and legitimizing the current process of Western modernization. Recovering the politicity and the carnality of institutions, of social classes and of the evolution of society, is the fundamental task for a contemporary critical social theory that faces the strong institutionalism based on systemic theory. Such politicization is the unforgettable teaching of Karl Marx and Erich Fromm: the institutions have political content and political subjects, they are the result of social struggles for hegemony between opposed social classes which are political. Now, such politicity-carnality must be unveiled and used for an emancipatory democratic political praxis as the route for social analysis and political change, in opposition to the technical-logical understanding both of the institutions and of the social subjects.

The Concept of Noonomy as a Methodological Platform for Predictive Socio-Economic Research (Review of the monograph Bodrunov S. D. “Noonomy” )

2020 ◽  
pp. 160-168
Author(s):  
Andrey I. Kolganov
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Economic Rationality ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Growth Of Knowledge ◽  
Production Increase ◽  
The Cost

The significance of the concept of noonomy developed in the works of Professor S. D. Bodrunov, including his monograph “Noonomy”, is wider than just a hypothesis that paints a picture of promising shifts in the socio-economic structure of society. Since this concept is based on the study of a number of real trends in the development of material production and human knowledge – both technological and socio-economic, to the extent it creates theoretical and methodological prerequisites for the study of the further evolution of human civilization.Highlighting the patterns of this evolution is the growth of knowledge intensity of production, increase of knowledge capacity of product, the trend to the predominance of the weight of knowledge on material costs in the cost structure of production, the displacement of people from the immediate process of production – the concept of noonomy allows you to see a number of intermediate steps leading, ultimately, to the formation of a non-economic society and non-economic way of productive activity. One of these steps is the formation of a new industrial society of the second generation (NIO.2).Those deep technological shifts that lead to the formation of NIO.2, carry with them not only new opportunities for human development and meeting its needs, but also the growing risks of technogenic pressure on nature, and reckless interference in the nature of man himself. Economic rationality turns into inflating simulative needs in the pursuit of sales expansion and profit, leading to an increasing absorption of resources. There is a movement to the civilizational crisis, to the point of bifurcation, beyond which the resolution of these problems should be achieved by changing the criteria base of economic activity by moving away from economic rationality, and a corresponding change in the social structure.The identification of these distant strategic development prospects in S. D. Bodrunov's works allows us to take an appropriate look at the immediate pragmatic goals. In particular, the solution of the problem of reindustrialization of Russia appears, from this point of view, not only as a tactical necessity, but also as a necessary prerequisite for entering the strategic highway of development.

Stanisław Kowalczyk. Idee filozoficzne postmodernizmu

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-292
Author(s):  
Jarosław Charchuła
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
Philosophy Department ◽  
The Social ◽  
Classical Philosophy ◽  
Definition Of

Rev. Professor Stanislaw Kowalczyk ist the head of the Social Philosophy Department at The Social Studies Faculty of the Catholic University of Lublin. He is a philosopher with a wide variety of interests and the author of many books. Philosophical Ideas of Postmodernism is his newest work. Kowalczyk does not present his own definition of postmodernism. He compares the most important philosophers of this trend and critically analyses their ideas from the point of view of classical philosophy.

SENTIDO E TRANSCENDÊNCIA: ALGUMAS REFLEXÕES A PROPÓSITO DA CRÍTICA DE PIERRE-JEAN LABARRIÈRE AO HOMEM UNIDIMENSIONAL DE HERBERT MARCUSE

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (127) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Luís Manuel A. V. Bernardo
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Society ◽  
Herbert Marcuse ◽  
Critical Dialogue ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Advanced Industrial Society ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The Relationship

Neste ensaio, revisitamos a análise que, em Dimensions pour l’homme: essai sur l’expérience du sens (1975), Pierre-Jean Labarrière fez do livro de Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the ideology of advanced industrial society (1964), para irmos construindo, num diálogo crítico com ambos os autores, a sugestão de um modo alternativo de pensar o binómio sentido/transcendência. O artigo encontra-se, por conseguinte, dividido em quatro momentos. No primeiro, introdutório, apontamos a actualidade do tema, bem como das duas perspectivas que escolhemos como interlocutoras. No segundo, expomos a concepção de Marcuse, relativamente à questão que nos ocupa, de tal forma que apareça, igualmente, o núcleo filosófico contra o qual se orienta o comentário de Labarrière. No terceiro, enquadramos essa polémica na coerência da posição do filósofo francês, patenteando, por sua vez, a existência de um mesmo fundo de inquietações, de cariz  etafísico, em grande parte, legado do hegelianismo, que ambos partilham. Por fim, no quarto, avançamos a ideia de uma versão mais centrada nas potencialidades de uma «racionalidade modesta», assente no aspecto construtivo da linguagem, que confira à categoria do sentido a função de articular, efectivamente, mundanidade, liberdade e transcendência.Abstract: In this essay, we intend to re-visit the analysis that Pierre-Jean Labarrière did, in his Dimensions pour l’homme: essai sur l’expérience du sens (1975), of Herbert Marcuse’s One-dimensional Man: Studies in the ideology of advanced industrial society (1964). Through a critical dialogue with both authors, we suggest an alternative way of thinking the relationship between meaning and transcendence. The article is divided in four parts. To start with, we argue that the topic is as timely as our two interlocutors. Then, we expose Marcuse’s conception regarding our issue in such a way that the philosophical point Labarrière addresses in his comment becomes clear. Thirdly, we circumscribe the polemic within the French author’s coherent stand, at the same time as we demonstrate the existence of a similar background of metaphysical concerns, which are mostly a Hegelian legacy, that both philosophers share. Finally, we venture the idea that a version, more centered on the potentialities of a “modest rationality” and based on the constructive aspect of language, can give to the category of meaning the function of articulating more effectively mundanity, liberty and transcendence.

Reviews: Karl Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy, Philosophy, Politics and Society, the Sane Society, Democracy and Dictatorship, Social Control, the Challenge of Democracy, Anthropology in Administration, the Dynamics of Bureaucracy, Human Relations in Inter-Racial Housing, a Manual of Intergroup Relations, Behaviour Theory and Social Science, Integrating Sociological and Psychoanalytic Concepts, the Attack on Big Business, Measurement of Responsibility, Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization, the Pakistani Way of Life, Peasant Society and Culture, India's Villages, the Teaching of the Social Sciences in India, a Preface to the Social Sciences, the History of a Soviet Collective Farm, Nigerian Cocoa Farmers, Soviet Attitudes toward Authority, Russian Holiday, Les Partis Communistes d'Europe, the Social Division of Welfare, Women's Two Roles, International Review of Criminal Policy, Crime and Social Action, Portrait in Grey, Economic Growth: Brazil, India, Japan, Population Growth and Levels of Consumption, the Sociology of an English Village: Gosforth, Modern Homesteaders, the Negro Family in British Guiana, How People Vote

1956 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-295
Author(s):  
Alasdair Macintyre ◽  
R. S. Milne ◽  
Ernest Beaglehole ◽  
T. T. Paterson ◽  
T. T. Paterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
British Guiana ◽  
Peasant Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cocoa Farmers

scholarly journals Noonomy as the Material Basis for a Prospective Humanitarian Model of Public Order

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1454
Author(s):  
Sergey Bodrunov
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Classical Political Economy ◽  
Material Basis ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Type ◽  
Transformation Processes

The development of the modern technological revolution and evidence of a deepening civilization crisis make us pose the question about the prospects of the social and economic transformation of the modern society under the influence of certain factors. S. Bodrunov approaches the resolution of this problem from the historical perspective on public development. He relies on methodology of the classical political economy and considers changes in the material basis of production as the main drivers of upcoming changes. Technological shifts lead to changes in the content of human activity and opportunities for the satisfaction of human wants. They also result in a gradual removal of humans from immediate production and cause shifts in the entire social structure. The author shows that the next stage in the development of the modern civilization will be the formation of a new type of public order–the New Industrial Society of the Second Generation (NIS.2), which stipulates gradual creation of prerequisites for transitioning from the economy to the noonomy. The noonomy constitutes a non-economic way of satisfying humans’ reasonable wants. It will serve as the material foundation for forming and ensuring the functionality of the noosociety. The article determines that humanitarian culture as a timeless value exerts crucial influence on the positive development of transformation processes considered under the theory of noonomy.

scholarly journals Phenomenological Social Theory in the Context of Post-non-classics

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-361
Author(s):  
A. Antipina
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theory Of Knowledge ◽  
Modern Theory ◽  
Human Actions ◽  
Phenomenological Sociology ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Type

The article uses the model of classical, non-classical and post-non-classical rationality. Post-non-classics is defined in the perspective of increasing the dependence of the object of Science on its method; the paper also analyzes the subjectivity of a new type in the modern theory of knowledge. On the basis of the undertaken analysis, the conclusion is made about the adequacy of phenomenological sociology of a new type of paradigmality — both its General worldview principles and transformations of the social theory itself. Thus, it is shown that phenomenological sociology makes a significant contribution to overcoming the extremes of mentalism and behaviorism in the explanation of human actions by social theory; from the point of view of the General ideological orientation, phenomenology outlines a new vector of relations between natural science and humanitarian knowledge.

scholarly journals The Cop21 Process from the Point of View of the Social Sciences

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Jan-Erik Lane
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Anthropogenic Sources ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Energy Emissions ◽  
The Universe

<em>Thus far, all the debate about climate change in the myriad of UN conferences and special meetings has been about the application of the theories of the natural sciences to the global warming phenomena. Now, that there is a decision by the governments of the world countries to go ahead with a radical decarbonisation policy in the 21st century, the lessons from the social science theories must be taken into account. The COP21 project is a case of policy implementation, but implementation is difficult. Greenhouse Gases (GHG) like CO2:s stem from the anthropogenic sources of carbon emissions from the factors that drives not only the universe but also all social systems, viz. energy. This article spells out the energy-emissions conundrum of mankind.</em>

scholarly journals Czy miłość romantyczna jest emocją?

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-151
Author(s):  
Michał Dąbrowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Romantic Love ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Methodological Error ◽  
Main Thesis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Emotional Basis

The aim of this article is to analyze Raja Halwani’s concept of “romantic love.” Her main thesis is that romantic love is an emotion. The author of the article tries to look at the concept from the perspective of the social sciences, juxtaposing it with selected notions of romantic love from the border of sociology, social philosophy, and theology. He considers that the approach according to which romantic love is presented as an emotional state may be interesting not only for the psychologist but also for the philosopher or sociologist. He points out that love as an emotion is not subject to moral judgments. Finally, he concludes that when considering romantic love from a sociological point of view, its emotional basis should not be overlooked, but closing the phenomenon in the purely emotional sphere seems to be a methodological error.

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