The culture industry : selected essays on mass culture / Theodor W. Adorno, edited and with an introduction by J.M. Bernstein.

By: Adorno, Theodor W, 1903-1969 Contributor(s): Bernstein, J. M Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: ; Routledge classics.Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, c1991. Description: viii, 210 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 0415255341 (hbk); 0415253802 (pbk.); 9780415255349 (hbk); 9780415253802 (pbk)Subject(s): Popular culture -- History -- 20th century | Mass society -- History -- 20th century | Mass media -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century | Civilization, Modern -- 1950-DDC classification: 306.4 LOC classification: CB427 | .A33 2001Online resources: WorldCat details | E-book Fulltext

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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 unparalled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. He argued that the culture industry commodified and standardised

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E-Book	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU E-book	Non-fiction	306.4 ADC 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Not for loan
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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 unparalled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. He argued that the culture industry commodified and standardised

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