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Baudrillard and the Culture Industry : Returning to the First Generation of the Frankfurt School / / by Amirhosein Khandizaji



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Autore: Khandizaji Amirhosein Visualizza persona
Titolo: Baudrillard and the Culture Industry : Returning to the First Generation of the Frankfurt School / / by Amirhosein Khandizaji Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017
Edizione: 1st ed. 2017.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (VIII, 112 p.)
Disciplina: 142
Soggetto topico: Critical theory
Sociology
Culture
Critical Theory
Sociological Theory
Sociology of Culture
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sommario/riassunto: This book argues for the importance of the theory of the culture industry in today's world. It begins by considering the neglect of the culture industry in the second and third generation of the Frankfurt School, presenting historical background information and criticisms on the theories of Habermas and Honneth. In our age, the culture industry is something quite different from what Adorno and Horkheimer described or could even imagine in the twentieth century. Today, the masses can not only access the media but can also respond to the messages they receive. A key question that arises, then, is why the masses, even after gaining access to their own media, still adhere to the values of the capitalist system? Why haven't they achieved a class consciousness? This work seeks to answer those questions. Drawing on Jean Baudrillard's work, it reveals the semiotic aspects of the culture industry and describes the industry in the age of simulation and hyperreality. The book argues that the culture industry has now entered the micro level of our everyday life through shopping centers, the image of profusion and more. Further, it explores new aspects of the culture industry, such as a passion for participating in the media, the consumed vertigo of catastrophe, and masking the absence of a profound reality. As such, the book will particularly appeal to graduates and researchers in sociology and sociological theory, and all those with an interest in the Frankfurt School and the works of Jean Baudrillard.
Titolo autorizzato: Baudrillard and the Culture Industry  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-319-69874-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910255206103321
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