More Related Content Similar to Frankfurt School Critical Theory Explained Similar to Frankfurt School Critical Theory Explained (20) More from Danielle Dirks (18) 4. FS Concerns 1) “Dark Side” of Modernity 2) Social Pathologies: Fascism and Advanced Capitalism 5. “Instead of entering into a truly human condition, is sinking into a new kind of barbarism” - Horkheimer & Adorno, 1972, p. xi 6. FS Goals 1) Explain Why Marx was Wrong 2) Understand Advanced Industrial Capitalism’s Impact on Individuals 7. How did the Frankfurt School differ from orthodox Marxism? 8. What is the Frankfurt School’s view on Marxist revolution? 12. “There is no reason to insist of self-determination if the administered life is the comfortable and even the ‘good life’” - Marcuse, 1964, p. 49 19. What is the Frankfurt School’s view on the culture industry? 20. “The products indoctrinate and manipulate; they promote a false consciousness which is immune against its falsehood” - Marcuse, 1964, p. 12 21. Tools of the Culture Industry Mass Persuasion Manipulation Consumerism Controlled Gratification Culture 29. Credits and Further Reading Horkheimer & Adorno (1972) Dialectic of Enlightenment Marcuse (1964) One Dimensional Man Kellner (1984) Herbert Marcuse and the Crisis of Marxism 30. Thank you! Danielle Dirks, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology Occidental College dirks@oxy.edu danielledirks.com @danielledirks
