The culture industry : selected essays on mass culture

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The culture industry : selected essays on mass culture

Theodor W. Adorno ; edited with an introduction by J.M. Bernstein

Routledge, 1991

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780415038966

Description

A selection of the author's essays on culture, which discusses such topics as television and the patterns of mass culture, the culture industry, the schema of mass culture, cultural administration, and culture and the theory of Fascist propaganda.

Table of Contents

1. On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression in Listening 2. The Schema of Mass Culture 3. Culture Industry Reconsidered 4. Culture and Administration 5. Freudian Theory and the Pattern of Fascist Propaganda 6. Television and the Patterns of Mass Culture 7. Transparencies on Film 8. Free Time 9. Resignation.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415058315

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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 standardized all art. In turn this suffocated individuality and destroyed critical thinking. At the time, Adorno was accused of everything from overreaction to deranged hysteria by his many detractors. 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 unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression in Listening 2. The Schema of Mass Culture 3. Culture Industry Reconsidered 4. Culture and Administration 5. Freudian Theory and the Pattern of Fascist Propaganda 6. Television and the Patterns of Mass Culture 7. Transparencies on Film 8. Free Time 9. Resignation

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