Contradiction, Utopia, and Public Administration

In 1964, in the midst of a dominant political-economic system providing an unprecedented standard of living, Herbert Marcuse's One-Dimensional Man challenged the status quo. Marcuse argued there exists a contradiction between a life of material plenty supported by instrumental thought crowding out awareness of alternatives, and potential life options people might choose if they were free to understand them. This contradiction is evident in four areas of social practice discussed by Marcuse in several works: democracy, the “Warfare State,” research, and gender. The paper relates Marcuse's analyses of these areas of practice and his utopian solutions, suggesting they may be useful for public administration theory and practice

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