| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37892 |
| QUOTATION: | It is generally admitted that the cultural values (humanization) and the existing institutions and policies of society are rarely, if ever, in harmony. This opinion has found expression in the distinction between culture and civilization, according to which “culture” refers to some higher dimension of human autonomy and fulfillment, while “civilization” designates the realm of necessity, of socially necessary work and behavior, where man is not really himself and in his own element but is subject to heteronomy, to external conditions and needs. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German-born U.S. political philosopher. Originally published in Daedalus (Winter 1965). “Remarks on a Redefinition of Culture,” Science and Culture, ed. Gerald Holton, Beacon (1967). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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