MUSI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Culture Industry, Theodor W. Adorno, Commodification

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSI 1002
• Professor: Alyssa Woods

Document Summary

Theodor adorno: member of the frankfurt school of theorist, critical theory, as an attempt to produce social change, marxist understanding of society, criticized capitalism, other theorists have questioned his relevance, but from a historical perspective they were relevant. Important today because of popular music back in the day in relevance to the rise of capitalism: believed the culture industry is central to music domination, culture is something that is produced for profit. Pseudo-individualization: the type of variation that exists between standardized product, ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts that do(cid:374)"t alter the sta(cid:374)dardizatio(cid:374, do not alter the basic structure. Role of the listener: caught up in a standardized and routine set of responses, the pleasure derived is superficial and false. Individuals who enjoy these pleasures are corrupted by immersion and are open to the domination of the industrialized, capitalist system. Ador(cid:374)o"s ideas i(cid:374) su(cid:373)(cid:373)ary critical attract o(cid:374) culture i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)94(cid:1004)"s (exam)