Adorno's Critical Theory Of Culture Industry And Its Contemporary Enlightenment

No matter in the Frankfurt School Institute of Social Research,or in the development history of Western Marxist,Adorno occupies an important position,known as "the most creative contemporary one of the great originalist theorists".In the analysis of the historical phenomenon in the late capitalist,cultural industry,Adorno put forward critical theory of cultural industry.He wants to inspire people to understand and reflect on the drawbacks of capitalist society.This theory not only has important theoretical value in the development of Marxist cultural theory,but also it is a certain significance for our cultural construction under the background of increasingly mature information,industrialized society.This theory has its specific realistic background and the ideological tradition.The cruel living environment under the rule of German fascism,and the sentiment of the development of American cultural industry in Adorno's career,lay the tone and direction of his theoretical thought;since modern times,the tradition of rational criticism and capitalist culture affects his views on the cultural industry.Adomo regards criticism of enlightening rationality as a logical starting point for criticism of the cultural industry,he does not think that the cultural industry has the function of art criticism,but homogeneous,technical,commercialized,pseudo-personalized is its characteristics,the cultural industry plays ideological negative function,deceive,control the public.Its purpose is to maintain the dominant position of the bourgeoisie.Adorno's critique not only relies on the negation of the capitalist mass culture,but also the ruthless critique of the present situation of capitalist society and instrumental rationality.We should objectively look upon Adorno's critique of the cultural industry.Seeing both the positive side and the overlooked side of it,for instance,on one hand,he reflects on the survival of modern people,on the other hand,he criticized the cultural industry as a negative factor.At present,in China,network technology and digital media culture has the vigorous development,and meanwhile,it has also brought a series of problems for the cultural industry.Therefore,the Party Central Committee attaches great importance.Xi Jinping proposed to develop network art,so that positive energy leads the development of network literature and art.Adomo's analysis and critical perspective have a certain reference for understanding the development crisis brought by the self-media.This theory is of great significance to our country in avoiding the malpractice and playing its advantages in the process of developing the cultural industry in the age of self-media.