Adorno on Popular Culture
Routledge (2003)
| Abstract | In the decades since his death, Adorno's thinking has lost none of its capacity to unsettle the settled, and has proved hugely influential in social and cultural thought. To most people, the entertainment provided by television, radio, film, newspapers, astrology charts and CD players seem harmless enough. For Adorno, however, the culture industry that produces them is ultimately toxic in its effect on the social process. Here, Robert Witkin unpacks Adorno's notoriously difficult critique of popular culture in an engaging and accessible style, looking first at the development of the overarching theories of authority, commodification and negative dialectics within which Adorno's work needs to be seen. This book is an essential guide for understanding one of the key thinkers of our time. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Popular culture | |||||||||
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| Call number | B3199.A34.W58 2003 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0415268249 9780415268240 | |||||||||
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