Contradictions in industrial society do not resolve themselves automatically

Evidence

On theoretical as well as empirical grounds, the dialectical concept pronounces its own hopelessness. The human reality is its history and, in it, contradictions do not explode by themselves. The conflict between streamlined, rewarding domination on the one hand, and its achievements that make for self-determination and pacification on the other, may become blatant beyond any possible denial, but it may well continue to be a manageable and even productive conflict, for with the growth in the technological conquest of nature grows the conquest of man by man. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 877

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Technical progress may become incompatible with industrialization’s own institutions. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 183; Industrial society is static while appearing dynamic — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 144; A non-dialectical contradiction stays unresolved and without solution — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 98 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• A non-dialectical contradiction stays unresolved and without solution #expands (0.82) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 98
• Each mode of production is driven forward by overcoming its own contradictions #qualifies (0.80)
• Critical theory must analyze industrialized society as a whole rather than rank power blocs #responds-to (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 684