Empiricism that excludes man-made context becomes ideology

Evidence

I think these definitions describe pretty accurately the factual state of affairs in the American elections of 1952, which is the subject of the analysis. In other words, the criteria for judging a given state of affairs are those offered by (or, since they are those of a well-functioning and firmly established social system, imposed by) the given state of affairs. The analysis is “locked”; the range of judgment is confined within a context of facts which excludes judging the context in which the facts are made, man-made, and in which their meaning, function, and development are determined. … Its very empiricism is ideological. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 454

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines what Marcuse means by a ‘locked’ analysis and why committed empiricism is ideological — a core definitional move for the whole book.
• XREF: Hooks directly into the reader’s attention-economy work: the critique of measuring only what a system makes measurable maps onto how attention metrics flatten critical judgment. — connects to: Science and art converge into ideology when their separation is absolutized; Objectification becomes bourgeois rationalization when objectivity remains unfree. — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 267; Critical deconstruction of racial ideology can become ideology itself — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2774 (+6 more)
• ADDENDUM: Relevant to the reader’s attention/consumption theme in the stated purpose, though not one of the three named articles directly.

Broader Connections

• Critical deconstruction of racial ideology can become ideology itself #exemplifies (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2774