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- Reveals the Frankfurt School’s neglect of the culture industry as the main reason for its decline
- Uses the theories of Jean Baudrillard to renew the theory of the culture industry
- Uncovers techniques of the culture industry not previously discussed
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book argues for the importance of the theory of the culture industry in today's world. It begins by considering the neglect of the culture industry in the second and third generation of the Frankfurt School, presenting historical background information and criticisms on the theories of Habermas and Honneth.
In our age, the culture industry is something quite different from what Adorno and Horkheimer described or could even imagine in the twentieth century. Today, the masses can not only access the media but can also respond to the messages they receive. A key question that arises, then, is why the masses, even after gaining access to their own media, still adhere to the values of the capitalist system? Why haven't they achieved a class consciousness?
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Sociology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Amirhosein Khandizaji
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Baudrillard and the Culture Industry
Book Subtitle: Returning to the First Generation of the Frankfurt School
Authors: Amirhosein Khandizaji
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69874-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69873-1Published: 11 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88855-2Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69874-8Published: 23 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 112
Topics: Critical Theory, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Culture