English 2017 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Culture Industry, Pop Art, Ath

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2017
• Professor: Riley Mc Donald

Document Summary

Popular culture: a user"s guide chapter 4 pgs. Narratives of history we see suggest things are constantly improving. Humanity is slowly increasing its degree of freedom. Horkhei(cid:373)er a(cid:374)d ador(cid:374)o o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t to this ^ (cid:862)(cid:373)(cid:455)th(cid:863) a(cid:374)d the (cid:271)elief that hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) reaso(cid:374) is it"s a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ator. The(cid:455) see people"s li(cid:448)es toda(cid:455) as (cid:373)ore restri(cid:272)ted tha(cid:374) e(cid:448)er. Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455)"s faith i(cid:374) progress has (cid:272)reated a(cid:374) i(cid:374)es(cid:272)apa(cid:271)le i(cid:374)stru(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal ratio(cid:374)alit(cid:455) that li(cid:373)its (cid:449)hat we understand and experience. For h & a every document of civilization is also that of barbarism (cid:862)e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t as mass de(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)(cid:863) The culture industry produces culture that is designed to deceive and mislead. Function of mass/popular culture for h & a: to reproduce relentlessly the values of capitalist culture. The culture industry makes it hard to see the social limits of a life that seems to be full of endless consumer choice and where someone can engage in various amusements after a work day.