Critical study from the enlightenment thought to the cultural industry: from Adorno’s perspective

Auteurs-es

Mots-clés :

Enlightenment thought, Cultural industry, Critical theory, Capitalism

Résumé

The purpose of this article has been to promote culture by criticizing the cultural industry. Enlightenment thought played an essential role in performing the function of cultural criticism and promoting the creative transformation of human survival through criticism towards the generation of a new subject. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the essential significance of Adorno’s critical theory of the cultural industry when discussing the criticism of Enlightenment thought towards the cultural industry. This article attempted to reinterpret the criticism of the cultural industry by introducing Enlightenment thoughts, recognizing that Enlightenment thought was not entirely harmonious but contained completely different ways of understanding. These two distinct understandings and their contradictions can dialectically co-exist in future historical development processes, and the criticism of the cultural industry can play an important role in promoting cultural construction.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

  • Yan Chen, Nanjing Sport Institutue

    School of Marxism, Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing 210014 – China. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7846-4209. 

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Received: 20/05/2023 - Approved: 21/06/2023 - Published: 10/01/2024

Publié

2024-01-05

Comment citer

Critical study from the enlightenment thought to the cultural industry: from Adorno’s perspective. (2024). TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO:/Revista/De/Filosofia, 47(4), e0240054. https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/14626