Corporate society and aesthetic culture

Author: Teng Shouyao
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book argues that what is called postmodernity is also a corporate society. In this society, corporate power coexists with state power, and in terms of controlling individuals, corporate power is even greater than state power. Companies are like large machines, with their own inherent rules and commands, demanding unconditional compliance and requiring each employee to become a one-dimensional technician or assume a role. A corporate person must develop throughout their life according to the company's internal requirements. The emptiness, monotony, and artificiality of their work, the of playing roles, and the allure of mass cultural consumption lead corporate people further away from genuine art and aesthetics, making them sink deeper into the mire of alienation. After analyzing the various flaws of the corporate society, this book offers suggestions for corporate people to live artistically and provides a detailed description and analysis of how to use the power of art to transform their consciousness, life, work, and interactions.