Adorno on Popular Culture
By Robert W. Witkin
Published October 3rd 2002 by Routledge – 208 pages
Description
Robert W. Witkin unpacks Adorno's notoriously difficult critique of popular culture in an engaging and accessible style, looking first at the development of the overarching theories of authority, commodification and negative dialectics. He then goes on to consider Adorno's writing on specific aspects of popular culture such as radio, film and popular music.
Reviews
'a highly misanthropic but very funny and true analysis of the power and effect of the mass media' Alain de Botton, Telegraph
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Categories: Sociology & Social Policy, Social Theory, Sociology of Culture
