Table of Contents

PART I. The Theory of False Consciousness 1. False Consciousness: From Marx to Marcuse
PART II. The Practice of Eradicating False Consciousness 2. The Political Use of Psychiatry in the Soviet Union 3. Thought Reform in the People’s Republic of China 4. Emancipatory Pedagogy in the Federal Republic of Germany
PART III. Are Democracy and Capitalism Sustained By False Consciousness? 5. The Case for the Cultural Hegemony of the Dominant Classes 6. The American System of Education 7. The Mass Media in America
PART IV. Conclusions 8. False Consciousness Evaluated

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Guenter Lewy