Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969
The culture industry : selected essays on mass culture / Theodor W. Adorno ; edited and with an introduction by J.M. Bernstein - viii, 210 pages ; 21 cm - Routledge classics . - Routledge classics .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
On the fetish character in music and the regression of listening -- The schema of mass culture -- Culture industry reconsidered -- Culture and administration -- Freudian theory and the pattern of fascist propaganda -- How to look at television -- Transparencies on film -- Free time -- Resignation
"The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century. It is out of this background that the great critic Theodor Adorno emerged. His finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. He argued that the culture industry commodified and standardised all art. In turn this suffocated individuality and destroyed critical thinking. At the time, Adorno was accused by his many detractors of everything from overreaction to deranged hysteria. In today's world, where even the least cynical of consumers is aware of the influence of the media, Adorno's work takes on a more immediate significance The Culture Industry is an unrivaled indictment of the banality of mass culture."--Jacket
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Popular culture--History--20th century
Mass society--History--20th century
Mass media--Social aspects--History--20th century
Civilization, Modern--1950-
Postmodernism
History.
CB427 / .A33 2001
306.4/09/04 AD.C 2001 / 02381
The culture industry : selected essays on mass culture / Theodor W. Adorno ; edited and with an introduction by J.M. Bernstein - viii, 210 pages ; 21 cm - Routledge classics . - Routledge classics .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
On the fetish character in music and the regression of listening -- The schema of mass culture -- Culture industry reconsidered -- Culture and administration -- Freudian theory and the pattern of fascist propaganda -- How to look at television -- Transparencies on film -- Free time -- Resignation
"The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century. It is out of this background that the great critic Theodor Adorno emerged. His finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. He argued that the culture industry commodified and standardised all art. In turn this suffocated individuality and destroyed critical thinking. At the time, Adorno was accused by his many detractors of everything from overreaction to deranged hysteria. In today's world, where even the least cynical of consumers is aware of the influence of the media, Adorno's work takes on a more immediate significance The Culture Industry is an unrivaled indictment of the banality of mass culture."--Jacket
0415255341 9780415255349 0415253802 9780415253802
Popular culture--History--20th century
Mass society--History--20th century
Mass media--Social aspects--History--20th century
Civilization, Modern--1950-
Postmodernism
History.
CB427 / .A33 2001
306.4/09/04 AD.C 2001 / 02381