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Baudrillard and the Culture Industry

Returning to the First Generation of the Frankfurt School

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Authors:
  1. Amirhosein Khandizaji

    1. Department of Sociology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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  • Reveals the Frankfurt School’s neglect of the culture industry as the main reason for its decline
  • Uses the theories of Jean Baudrillard to renew the theory of the culture industry
  • Uncovers techniques of the culture industry not previously discussed
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Frankfurt School: Introduction and Historical Background

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    Pages 1-12

  3. What Happened to the Frankfurt School?

    • Amirhosein Khandizaji
    Pages 13-23

  4. Theories of the Frankfurt School, Veblen, and Baudrillard: A Review

    • Amirhosein Khandizaji
    Pages 25-67

  5. Theoretical Discussions and Arguments

    • Amirhosein Khandizaji
    Pages 69-100

  6. Conclusion

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    Pages 101-105

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 107-112
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Amirhosein Khandizaji

About the author

Amirhosein Khandizaji has a PhD in sociology from the Free University of Berlin. His main fields of study are the theories of the Frankfurt school and Baudrillard. He is the founder and editor of 'Berlin Journal of Critical Theory'.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Baudrillard and the Culture Industry

  • Book Subtitle: Returning to the First Generation of the Frankfurt School

  • Authors: Amirhosein Khandizaji

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69874-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69873-1Published: 11 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88855-2Published: 04 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69874-8Published: 23 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 112

  • Topics: Critical Theory, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Culture

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