[FRA:] Marcuse question

[steve.devos at krokodile.co.uk]

How many people, also believe that this comment on Marcuse "exhibits the 
worst Romantic, anti-scientific tendencies of the irrationalist 
tradition...." is useful ? with it's implication that contemporary work 
on science and technology studies are perhaps also to be considered 
irrrational... even though in general this area of work does not go as 
far as Marcuse in beginning to think of the non-nuetrality of technology 
and science.

the question stands - are there others who agree with Ralph's comment 
and why ? or indeed why not ?

s

Ralph Dumain wrote:

> I tend to be imbalanced about Marcuse, sometimes forgetting the acute 
> radical thrust of his take on the role of reason and philosophy. After 
> stumbling on this excellent essay this morning, I feel compelled to 
> share:
>
> Marcuse, Herbert. "The Relevance of Reality," presidential address to 
> the Pacific Branch of the American Philosophical Association in 
> Portland, OR, March 29, 1969. Published in: Proceedings and Addresses 
> of the American Philosophical Association 42 (1968-9), pp. 39-50. 
> Reprinted in: The Owl of Minerva: Philosophers on Philosophy, edited 
> by Charles J. Bontempo and S. Jack Odell (New York: McGraw-Hill Book 
> Company, 1975), pp. 231-244.
>
> http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/60spubs/69RelevanceReality.pdf
>
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