Media, Information and Technoculture 2153A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jürgen Habermas, Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse
23 Nov 2016
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Mit 2153: week 3 - commodities and the culture industry! The frankfurt school: theorists af liated with the institute for social research at goethe university in frankfurt. Germany before wwii: proponents of critical theory (self-conscious social critique), prominent members include theodor adorno, max horkheimer, herbert marcuse, jurgen. Habermas ! involved in the society that it was trying to critique : considered about critical theory a social critique that recognized that the critique was still. The culture industry: adorno and horkheimer"s - the dialectic of enlightenment usa (1940) written after eeing. Germany, critiques assumptions of rationality: the culture industry: enlightenment applies this to pop culture of the day (key chapter), on popular music outlines similar arguments of standardization, standardized products / commodities ! Standardization in cultural labour: division of labour leads to greater ef ciency via standardized roles, e. g. , film production: writers, actors, producers and set designers, cinematographers, editors, etc.
