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“The abbreviations (e.g. NATO, UN, USSR - E.W.) denote that and only that which is institutionalized in such a way that the transcending connotation is cut off. The meaning is fixed, doctored, loaded. Once it has become an official vocable, constantly repeated in general usage, "sanctioned" by the intellectuals, it has lost all cognitive value and serves merely for recognition of an unquestionable fact.”

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Herbert Marcuse

Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher born on July 19, 1898, and died on June 29, 1979. He was one of the leading figures of the Frankfurt School and is known for his work on cultural criticism and social theory. more

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