Myth of mass culture

Author: Stephen Moore
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The author critiques the cultural views of the Frankfurt School, the dogmatists of Trotskyism, and cultural pluralists (Cultural Pluralism), analyzing their diverse (and even opposing) but all "imbued with anti-democratic elements" theories of mass culture. He proposes his own cultural perspective: "Culture is a practice based on consciousness, action, and specific values, serving as a means to seek change in the world." This partly fulfills the two major motivations behind writing this book: attempting to understand the various issues related to class domination in modern capitalist society, and exploring the role of the state in the continuation of capitalist production models.