Media, Information and Technoculture 2153A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jürgen Habermas, Herbert Marcuse, Max Horkheimer

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2153A/B
• Professor: Keir Keightley

Document Summary

Toward a political economy of culture: the frankfurt school. Marcuse, jurgen habermas in frankfurt, germany before wwii. Theorists affiliated with the institute for social research at goethe university. Prominent members include theodor adorno, max horkheimer, herbert: it critiques western assumptions of rationality and reasons. Proponents of (cid:494)critical theory(cid:495) (cid:523)self-conscious social critique) A and ((cid:495)s the dialectic of enlightenment (c. 1940), written in usa after. Key chapter: (cid:498)the culture )ndustry: enlightenment as mass deception(cid:499) applies this to (cid:498)popular culture(cid:499) of the day. For a and h, these include film, broadcasting, music, publishing, etc. When they say cultural industry, singular, it assumes that there is a grand conspiracy, and that everything is controlled and there is no resistance, it is one big capitalist model. Can also include newer industries such as video games, What about others: sports, fashion, theatre: people update a and ((cid:495)s theory to include these (cid:494)culture(cid:495) is not a threat to the social order, rather it maintains a social.