Theory And Significance Of Marcuse’s Critique Of Popular Culture

Herbert Marcuse (Herbert Marcuse) (1898-1979),the famous German philosopher of American,and also a important representative of frank school,he is one of the most influential thinkers in the 20th century. Someone called him with Marx,Mao Zedong and the "3 M" of socialism.His thought still has a huge influence,especially his theory of mass culture criticism is worth us to learn and explore its deeper connotation.Marcuse,to some extent inherited Marx’s social critical thoughts,and combined with Freud psychoanalysis,created their own mass culture critical theory,and turn to the people freed from the developed capitalist society as their own goals and theoretical purport.Since the 1990s,mass culture in our country is widely rise and showed vigorous development trend.As a new cultural scene, it was penetrate the secular social life effectively,it affecting people’s mode of thinking and living habits.Mass culture is both culture and commodities,and only as the culture become a commodity first,it is likely to produce mass culture.This led to two different response:someone praised its distinct color with the meaning of the social progress of The Times,but also some concerns about mass culture will make a huge impact on the current ideological."Popular culture" is not just a casual,the function of mass culture not only stay in terms of entertainment and leisure,therefore,the research center of gravity should focus on the political.This is a starting point of the article research about mass culture critical theory.Concerns about mass culture shock ideology should be considered in this point,and it is the meaning of the theory of mass culture,cultural alienation signs should be caused take seriously:how to comprehensive understanding of the ideology of popular culture, popular culture on the role of ideology;how to regulate and guide them;how the mass culture into the national management and on the right track,the range of the masses culture become an important part of national soft power.Analysis,Marcuse mass culture critical theory research has important theoretical significance and guiding significance and practical significance.Through the analysis of the mass culture critical theory of Marcuse,outlines the critical theory of mass culture background,basic content,characteristic function,and critical theory to the liberation of the people in the path of research,it has important practical value and modern significance.The author hopes this foreign cultural critical theory,to promote the domestic numerous and complicated form of mass culture research present situation,to research and development of popular culture in our country add salary plus fire.This article is divided into five chapters,the first chapter is the introduction of the article,in this part of the meaning of the topic and made a comprehensive review related literature.In addition,the introduction section of the innovation of this article and the main content of the article made a brief description.The second chapter is the theory analysis part,mainly explores the source of Marcuse criticized the mass culture,in this part the author do to the time background of the theory combing.Marcuse mass culture criticism thought mainly in inheritance and development on the basis of some main thinkers thought,through the criticize ideology of the phenomenon,and the reality of the society at that time in gradually.The third chapter is the specific content of Marcuse mass culture critical theory,the author in detail such as the theoretical connotation and characteristics of definition. And discusses in detail the function of the popular culture ideology,popular culture:the nature of affirmative,oneness, empirical,and the formation of repressed sexual psychological mechanism.Through such preparations,this paper tries to prove that the orientation of social theory were through the reform of the "cultural consciousness",through the "love" as the center of the liberation of humanity,to change the social alienation,thus establishing his ideal kingdom:a humanistic society full of human nature.The fourth chapter mainly relates to Marcuse mass culture critical theory of human liberation through specific financing,it is discussed in the previous chapter content.The author mainly discusses the lust and aesthetic liberation of the path of liberation.Marcuse thinks that the role of the revolutionary is to achieve liberation of humanity,but such a kind of liberation only in the political scheme combining with the connotation of the aesthetic art,if it is possible.In the fifth chapter,the author mainly discusses the meaning and value of Marcuse theory in contemporary realistic,that is,such a social theory in the concrete implementation strategies of modern society.Throughout Marcuse’s academic career,from his early study of philosophy, aesthetics,to the middle of the critique of the developed industrial society,to the advanced theory of aesthetic liberation,he is always the fundamental aim of pursuing the freedom of the person. Academic context,the author thinks that,reference this enlightenment to the construction of social culture of our country has a certain meaning,it has very important reference value for our country’s socialist construction.