Episode 136: Adorno on the Culture Industry
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Culture Industry vs. Mass Culture
"Culture is not an art. Industrial culture is not art, it's a business," he says. "The content or the objects of culture are produced by the industry for consumption by people regardless of what their desires are." The idea that I have this freedom in my consumption is an illusion,. right? Right. Technology is at play in the manufacture of culture as well. It works hand in hand with the former Enlightenment knowledge to dominate the consumer".
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