The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast Episode 136: Adorno on the Culture Industry
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Culture Industry vs. Mass Culture
- Adorno chose "culture industry", not "mass culture", to emphasize top-down imposition.
- "Mass culture" misleadingly suggests spontaneous mass desire, like folk culture.
Enlightenment as Mass Deception
- The culture industry within "Dialectic of Enlightenment" exemplifies enlightenment turning into mass deception.
- Technology and knowledge, meant to liberate, become tools of domination.
Sameness in Cultural Variety
- Cultural variety is an illusion because diverse products serve the same overarching purpose.
- They subjugate individual autonomy to capital, creating sameness.