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Marcuse notes that

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Marcuse notes that**************.
a. the total amount of repression in modern industrial societies is less than the amount of repression in less advanced society.
b. as our necessary repression has lessened, our surplus repression has increased.
c. we suffer from much less surplus repression today than we did during the time of our grandparents.
d. technology has, it turns out, failed to decrease our burden of necessary repression
e. it is impossible to decrease the total burden of repression

1.
Some anthropologists accuse Western science of:
A) humanitarianism
B) relativism
C) ignorance
D) arrogance
2.
Society tends to treat scientists as:
A) irrational
B) weak minded
C) power hungry
D) experts
3.
A term used to describe science worship in a negative manner is:
A) voodoo science
B) legerdemain
C) scientism
D) witchcraft
4.
What are the opponents of science worship opposed to?
A) science
B) the privileged status of science
C) scientific truth
D) all of the above
5.
Which of the following is frequently accused of science worship?
A) Christian Science
B) Hinduism
C) Anglo American Philosophy
D) Zen Buddhism