Influence of the ideology, which affirmiert culture industry, on the society

The consequences of the culture industry on the mental attitude of the society are not only the mental stagnation, it are various others. One can divide these into:

1. Influence on the subject: Culture industry works here as a mediator between industry and public. In this mediator position it has also an influence on the consciousness-shaping of humans, because which is not spread by culture objects, those was stated, like already, sharings at the nature of the culture industry, happens nowadays not.
2. The effect in the subject: Culture industry prevents the training of the ability as critical thinking. Thus it is also prevented that humans of this culture industry with contradiction advance toward.

Culture industry is thus also rule-stabilizing. This rule stabilization is not a of the effects of culture industry, but nature of the culture industry. She suggests her thoughts to the public. Culture industry reached with these Suggestivkraft that she defines humans the yardsticks, after which these the culture industry to measure it is. Adorno brings to it in the minima Moralia an appropriate example:

"The realization of suffering to the mechanism of the rule, which produces it to forbid, belongs and straight lines a way does not lead from the gospel of the joy of life to the establishment of people slaughter houses so right at the back in Poland that everyone can talk itself the own people comrades, he hears the shouts of pain any longer."

This is the glare connection, which Adorno states again and again, and which in the highest sense is undemocratic. Who would permit that the which a law breaks the law creates itself, which is to be consulted for the calculation of its Apart from the rule-stabilizing moment the culture industry also some more different one is immanent: The diverson of humans of the substantial one (the culture object) to the secondary one. Adorno states that "in place of the benefit a participating and an answer knowledge" step. Thomas Gebur gives in addition the following example:

"The opera attendance comes to the social event; the exchange value of a premiere consists to be seen in seeing and. [...] It (the work, the opera) is only cause of a Events."

Besides not thus contents of the opera count, that, should it a classical, not culture-industrial product be, hardly someone understand, but the operational readiness level and the twaddle. No more is not thought that the artist with the opera wanted to show; one thinks, how this piece affects the public, as the knowledge affects the subjective social position around this piece; is thought, what the occurrence, which could use participation in this Event one; is thought, what the other one thinks. Also this is an indication for the fact that autonomy was lost. Adorno sharpens this too, by writing, once was not allowed one not to dare to think freely; now this would be possible, but one could not no more, because one wants to only think, what one want was, and evenly that was felt as liberty.

See also

• Culture capitalism
• Culture criticism
• The society of the Spektakels

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