Industrial complex may refer to:
- A factory or collection of buildings relating to industrial production
- Military–industrial complex, the term referring to a close and symbiotic relationship between a nation's armed forces, and its private industry.
- Prison–industrial complex, the term meaning interest groups that represent organizations that do business in correctional facilities who are believed to be more concerned with making more money than actually rehabilitating criminals or reducing crime rates.
- College–industrial complex, the term referring to the theory that colleges and universities are more concerned with making money than education.
- Industrial Complex (album), a 2010 album by Nitzer Ebb
Famous quotes containing the words industrial and/or complex:
“The two most far-reaching critical theories at the beginning of the latest phase of industrial society were those of Marx and Freud. Marx showed the moving powers and the conflicts in the social-historical process. Freud aimed at the critical uncovering of the inner conflicts. Both worked for the liberation of man, even though Marx’s concept was more comprehensive and less time-bound than Freud’s.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
“Instead of seeing society as a collection of clearly defined “interest groups,” society must be reconceptualized as a complex network of groups of interacting individuals whose membership and communication patterns are seldom confined to one such group alone.”
—Diana Crane (b. 1933)