Beyond Civilisation: Marcuse, Eros and the Myth of Progress, by Rod Tweedy
From Logos to Eros: Humans Moving Beyond the Reality Principle

Graffiti Removal by Banksy (2008); Super Supper by Ron English (2010)
“Intensified progress seems to be bound up with intensified unfreedom” Herbert Marcuse observed in his classic work Eros and Civilisation, one of the most profound and compelling books ever written on the problem of ‘civilisation’. In it, he tries to explain and unravel this apparent paradox.