On Voluntary Servitude

The book provides a historical and critical analysis of the theory of ideology, tracing the development of two key presuppositions: that false consciousness is both the cause and consequence of unjust societies, and that society is a self-maintaining and self-reproducing totality or system.

Rosen discusses the contributions of philosophers such as Hegel, Marx, and critical theorists like Adorno and Habermas, and argues against analytical Marxists who attempt to interpret Marx's philosophy without Hegelian metaphysics.