Culture industry revisited, the: theodor w. adorno on mass culture
Auteur :
Cook, Deborah
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9780847681556
Date de publication :
1 mai 1996
Dimensions :
22,8 x 19,5 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
313 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Adorno viewed mass culture as commodified - produced to be sold on the market and without aesthetic value. Here, Deborah Cook critically examines this view and argues that even in Adorno's "pessimistic" theory, mass culture can be understood as potentially liberating.