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A 10 page research paper that discusses view of the Frankfurt school in regards to popular culture. This group of scholars maintained a Marxist-influenced orientation to art that perceived mass culture as the primary cause for the disappearance of individualism in art and marked it as a cultural evil to be resisted. The writer focuses on the aesthetic philosophy of Adorno, Horkheimer and Benjamin. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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to our children," and rap music is accused of likewise being a threat to society.1 Television and video games are regularly castigated for corrupting the youth and also turning them
into passive, inactive consumers of pop culture. These sentiments, which find no redeeming value in the realm of popular culture and see it as a corruption of art, are in
perfect accord with the sentiments expressed by the scholars associated with the Frankfurt school and its aesthetic views. This group of scholars maintained a Marxist-influenced orientation to art that perceived
mass culture as the primary cause for the disappearance of individualism in art and marked it as a cultural evil to be resisted. The scholars associated with the Frankfurt
school of philosophy were either all directly or indirectly associated with the Institute of Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany.2 These scholars include Theodor w. Adorno (philosopher, sociologist and musciologist), Walter
Benjamin (essayist and literary critic), and Max Horkheimer (philosopher and sociologist), among others.3 Each of these scholars professed a belief in Karl Marxs theory of Historical Materialism, and their personal
theories attempt to "reconcile Marxist theory with the reality" that they witnessed in the beginning of Communist Russia, and the rise of fascism with Hitler.4 They, each, in their own
way, attempted to "fix" Marxism and their ideas came to be known as "Critical Theory."5 When Horkheimer became director of the Institute of Social Research he guided it toward consideration
of the cultural aspects associated with the development of capitalism.6 While derogatory toward popular culture, it can be argued that this orientation stems from the deeply held humanist beliefs of
its the Frankfurt schools principal founders. The philosophy of the Frankfurt school contrasts sharply with virtually all schools of social science and Marxism due to the fact that it was
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