"The theories and opinions of the German philosopher
Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969) on popular music and the culture industry are still highly influential in the domain of media studies. His thoughts about these subjects were very
critical, pessimistic even. Adorno analysed the workings of the culture industry in terms of '
standardization' and used the concept of '
pseudo-individualization' to describe its effects on the listeners.
posted by j-urb
on May 30, 2006 -
14 comments
How to Speak and Write Postmodern. Here is
an etymology of the word postmodern--it begins with Walter Toynbee. Who'd athunk? All of this comes from
Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought . The names lead not to essays but thorough links pages, like
Ludwig Wittgenstein or
Edmund Husserl. All the usual suspects are here--your Adorno, Baudrillard and the infamous Frankfurt School.
*spooky ghost voice* Whoo-oo-oo! */spooky ghost voice* Well, there is Edward Said, but that one confuses me--I mean I read Edmund Husserl, and he, sir, is no Edmund Husserl. He actually makes sense. Which is more than I can say for Edmund Husserl. And it's all one huge page so you can scroll on down. Even I can do that.
Hope I didn't brain my damage! To trump the smarty-pants who's going to link the Postmodernism Generator, I'm upping the ante--here's your
Postmodern Mr. T.
Hey man, This time we're gonna do it my way!
posted by y2karl
on Feb 21, 2003 -
39 comments
