[FRA:] Marcuse ?

[matthew piscioneri]

Thanks Ralph for providing the link to Marcuse.org and the essay: "The 
Relevance of Reality." Thought the following snippet TOO good not to share:

“What is the point in subtle epistemological investigations when science and 
technology, not unduly worried about the foundations of their knowledge, 
increase daily their mastery of nature and man? What is the point of a 
linguistic analysis which steers clear of the transformation of language (of 
ordinary language!) into an instrument of political control? What is the 
point in philosophical reflections on the meaning of good and evil when 
Auschwitz, the Indonesian massacres, and the war in Vietnam provide a 
definition which suffocates all discussion on ethics? And what is the point 
in further philosophical occupation with Freedom and Reason when the 
resources and the features of a rational society, and the need for 
liberation are all too clear, and the problem is, not their concept but the 
political practice of their realization.”  p. 44  Marcuse, “The Relevance of 
Reality”