The Frankfurt School’s Critical Theory Of Popular Culture And Its Contemporary Significance

As the popular culture of contemporary society occupies an important position in people’s daily life and affects people’s thinking and behavior patterns in a subtle way,how to correctly understand and interpret mass culture has become an urgent problem.In the process of criticizing popular culture,the Frankfurt School issued a strong voice with its decisive critical spirit and unique critical perspective.It deeply explored the connotation and value of Frankfurt School’s critical theory of popular culture,Construction and sustainable and healthy development have very important enlightenment and reference significance.First of all,it deeply analyzes the realistic background,theoretical origin and development history of popular culture,traces the sources of ideas used by the Frankfurt School of Theorists in the analysis of popular culture,and sorts out the masses that include Frankfurt’s recent generations of representatives Cultural thinking.Secondly,it analyzes the specific content of the Frankfurt School’s critical theory of mass culture.This part is a comprehensive and detailed interpretation of the critical theory of mass culture,which is the core.Finally,the critical theory of mass culture in Frankfurt School was evaluated.Based on the reflection on its theoretical contributions and theoretical deficiencies,the significance of the theory to the development of Chinese mass culture was proposed from two aspects of research and construction on Chinese mass culture.In the development of a cultural process that exhibits multiple characteristics,it seeks and broadens the path of building socialist mass culture with Chinese characteristics.Although the Frankfurt School’s critical theory of mass culture shows its theoretical limitations due to its one-sidedness,radicalism,and pessimism,the humanistic feelings and critical spirit that the Frankfurt School adheres to still make its theory of contemporary value.The spirit of criticism of this classic theory and its basic content are of great reference significance and enlightening value for us to face up to the phenomenon of mass culture,to understand the problems encountered in the development of mass culture,and to promote the healthy and orderly development of contemporary mass culture in China.