The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415253802)

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.

Author: Theodor W. Adorno
ISBN-10: 0415253802
ISBN-13: 9780415253802
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/17/2001
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.04w x 0.68d

About the Author
Theodor W. Adorno (1903-69). One of the towering intellectual figures of the twentieth century, and a leading member of the influential group of critical theorists known as the Frankfurt School. His works include Aesthetic Theory, Mahler, The Jargon of Authenticity and Negative Dialectics.