Marcuse Argues That Modern Mechanization and Technology

question 50

Multiple Choice

Marcuse argues that modern mechanization and technology

• A) have created an era of abundance so that modern individuals are able to engage in self-fulfilling leisure pursuits
• B) have dissolved the link between individual labor and property and thus have erased individuality and creativity.
• C) have produced the unintended consequences of increasing levels of individual freedom and social democracy.
• D) have presented individuality and creativity as an option in labor

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