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Theodor Adorno (1903-69). Highly interested in social and cultural theory from a philosophical perspective Many theories were based from Marxist viewpoints and had to do with authority in society Felt that a “culture industry” had commoditized mass media and limited self identity.
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Theodor Adorno (1903-69) • Highly interested in social and cultural theory from a philosophical perspective • Many theories were based from Marxist viewpoints and had to do with authority in society • Felt that a “culture industry” had commoditized mass media and limited self identity Negative Dialectics. Translated by E.B. Ashton, London: Routledge, 1973 (Published in German in 1966) The Authoritarian Personality (et al. 1950). New York: Harper. Critical Theory Since Plato (1992).