{"product_id":"the-culture-industry-selected-essays-on-mass-culture-9780415253802","title":"The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century. It is out of this background that the great critic Theodor Adorno emerged. His finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. He argued that the culture industry commodified and standardized \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e art. In turn this suffocated individuality and destroyed critical thinking. At the time, Adorno was accused of everything from overreaction to deranged hysteria by his many detractors. In today's world, where even the least cynical of consumers is aware of the influence of the media, Adorno's work takes on a more immediate significance. \u003cem\u003eThe Culture Industry\u003c\/em\u003e is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodor W. Adorno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.04w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415253802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2nd Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43256161829001,"sku":"9780415253802","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_683ad2c5-6741-45df-984e-304ee664a482.jpg?v=1736237925","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-culture-industry-selected-essays-on-mass-culture-9780415253802","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}