Science and art converge into ideology when their separation is absolutized

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 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Empiricism that excludes man-made context becomes ideology — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 454; Philosophy and art can dissolve only jointly in a liberated society; Horkheimer held that art functions as a form of knowledge unattainable by bourgeois science. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 911 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Empiricism that excludes man-made context becomes ideology #exemplifies (0.82) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 454