Episode 155: Closer Look: Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man

In episode 156 of Overthink, Ellie and David take a deep dive into Herbert Marcuse’s, One-Dimensional Man. They discuss Marcuse’s critique of analytic philosophy, how private space is getting crushed by new forms of social control, and how an affluent society leads to the absence of critical thinking. How does our society of one-dimensionality turn us into one-dimensional beings? Why does analytic philosophy’s obsession with formal logic prevent us from subversive modes of thinking? And how do the seeming alternatives to the status quo often end up adhering to it instead?