The Critical Theory Of Popular Culture In Enlightenment Dialectics

The theoretical viewpoint of the popular culture critique in the Enlightenment Dialect is based on the prevalence of Nazi German fascism during the Second World War and the postwar American cultural hegemony.Horkheimer and Adorno developed the past philosophical theories by referring to the alienated labor thoughts and humanistic ideas mentioned in Marxist theory,and expressed their interpretation and criticism of popular culture in The Enlightenment Dialectics.In the Enlightenment Dialectics,Horkheimer and Adorno analyzed the main characteristics of popular culture,that is,systematically analyzed the characteristics of commercialization,standardization and entertainment of popular culture,and deeply criticized the cultural industry.Negative impact on individual spirit and will.The thoughts on the critique of mass culture in Enlightenment Dialectics are mainly based on the critique of cultural industry,revealing the essential characteristics of mass culture,embodying the influence of mass culture on the overall society,thus highlighting the criticism of the two authors on popular culture.A special entry point for theory.Their critique of cultural industry in the Enlightenment Dialectics actually belongs to the critique of popular culture.This is because the influence of popular culture has expanded to the ideological field and become a tool for the rulers to politically rule the masses.The Enlightenment Dialectics gives a systematic analysis of the cultural industry and profoundly criticizes the theory of mass culture that affects the masses.This article is a study of the critical culture critical theory of the Enlightenment Dialectics.It mainly focuses on the following aspects: Firstly,starting from the analysis of the social and historical background generated by the critical theory of popular culture,the source of its theory is explored.Secondly,it expounds the concept of mass culture,and then analyzes the characteristics of popular culture described in the Enlightenment Dialectics,and systematically sorts out and summarizes the main contents of the book.At the end of the article,combined with the reality,the author analyzes and demonstrates the critique of mass culture in the Enlightenment Dialectics,and rethinks its positive meaning and theoretical limitations,and analyzes it based on cultural thinking.The problems revealed in the development of popular culture have been studied.I hope that this theory can be dialectically studied through the cultural perspective,and provide theoretical reference and guidance for the construction of mass culture with Chinese characteristics.