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It Is Generally Admitted That The Cultural Values (humanization) And The Existing Institutions And Policies Of Society Are Rarely,if Ever, In Harmony. This Opinion Has Found Expression In The Distinction Between Culture And Civilization, According To Which "culture" Refers To Some Higher Dimension Of Human Autonomy And Fulfillment, While "civilization" Designates The Realm Of Necessity, Of Socially Necessary Work And Behavior, Where Man Is Not Really Himself And In His Own Element But Is Subject To Heteronomy, To External Conditions And Needs.
-Herbert Marcuse
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It Is Generally Admitted That The Cultural

Herbert Marcuse
It Is Generally Admitted That The Cultural Values (humanization) And The Existing Institutions And Policies Of Society Are Rarely,if Ever, In Harmony. This Opinion Has Found Expression In The Distinction Between Culture And Civilization, According To Which "culture" Refers To Some Higher Dimension Of Human Autonomy And Fulfillment, While "civilization" Designates The Realm Of Necessity, Of Socially Necessary Work And Behavior, Where Man Is Not Really Himself And In His Own Element But Is Subject To Heteronomy, To External Conditions And Needs.
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