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'''False consciousness''' or '''false needs''' is the [[Marxist]] [[thesis]] that [[material]] and institutional processes in [[capitalist]] society mislead the [[proletariat]] — and other classes — about the real relations of forces between those classes. | '''False consciousness''' or '''false needs''' is the [[Marxist]] [[thesis]] that [[material]] and institutional processes in [[capitalist]] society mislead the [[proletariat]] — and other classes — about the real relations of forces between those classes. | ||
- | [[Culture industry|Culture industries]] may cultivate [[false need]]s; that is, needs created and satisfied by capitalism. True needs, in contrast, are [[freedom]], creativity, or genuine [[happiness]]. [[Marcuse]] was the first to demarcate true needs from [[false need]]s. | + | [[Culture industry|Culture industries]] may cultivate [[false need]]s; that is, needs created and satisfied by capitalism. True needs, in contrast, are [[freedom]], [[creativity]], or [[genuine]] [[happiness]]. [[Marcuse]] was the first to demarcate true needs from [[false need]]s. |
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False consciousness or false needs is the Marxist thesis that material and institutional processes in capitalist society mislead the proletariat — and other classes — about the real relations of forces between those classes.
Culture industries may cultivate false needs; that is, needs created and satisfied by capitalism. True needs, in contrast, are freedom, creativity, or genuine happiness. Marcuse was the first to demarcate true needs from false needs.
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