Baudrillard and the Culture Industry

Reveals the Frankfurt School's neglect of the culture industry as the main reason for its sunset

Uses the theories of Jean Baudrillard to renew the theory of the culture industry

Uncovers technics of the culture industry not previously discussed

Autorentext

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'.

Inhalt
The Frankfurt School: Introduction and Historical Background.- What Happened to the Frankfurt School?.- Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer.- Erich Fromm.- Jean Baudrillard.- Theoretical Discussions and Arguments.- The Culture Industry and Consumption as a tool for Communication and Differentiation.- The Culture Industry in Everyday Life.- The Culture Industry in Everyday Life and McDonaldization.- The Culture Industry and the Package.- Baudrillard and New Aspects of the Culture Industry in the Media.- The Culture Industry and the Consumed Vertigo of Catastrophe.- The Culture Industry in the Age of Simulation.