Culture Industry and Society of the Spectacle: the political dimension of cultural criticism

Authors

  • Cláudio Novaes Pinto Coelho Doutor em Sociologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Docente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação da Faculdade Cásper Líbero

Keywords:

Culture industry, society of the spectacle, cultural criticism, contemporary society

Abstract

Dimension critical of the concepts of Culture Industry and Society of the Spectacle. Dialectic of Enlightenment and the risks of totalitarianism according Adorno. The ratio power/spectacle for Debord. The political dimension of art and cultural criticism. Critical theory and the growth of conservatism in contemporary times.

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Issue

No. 37 (2016): Ano XIX – Janeiro/Junho de 2016

Section

Papers