Theodor Adorno & Max Horkheimer's "The Dialectic of Enlightenment" (Part 2/2)

In this episode, I present the second half of Theodor Adorno & Max Horkheimer's "The Dialectic of Enlightenment."
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[@Ekyllier]

Thank you so much for making this. I had to read an extract from this book for a class however, honestly, greatly struggled to comprehend the text. This helps enormously!

[@tactlacker]

Thank you!

[@toloolingtop]

Haha "Is engagement on social media artificial participation? Comment below on the youtube video"

[@childintime6453]

have you ever thought about doing a vid on Guy Debord?

[@kucindati]

Listening to podcast on Spotify, at approx 22:23 a yiorolah people are mentioned. Is it possible for you to clarify the pronunciation or even paste a link for further information? Thank you in advance.

[@slmille4]

pretty sure that's "Roma people"

[@mathias-michaelmorgner7803]

3:28 hillarious

[@LesterBrunt]

But if art is presented through the culture industry then even if it truly impresses people with some insight it still is in service of the culture industry, it still validates the oppressive patterns.
Like for me David Bowie’s final work is pretty good art, but it is still somewhat constrained by the standardization, and it still validates the same patterns of industry and enforced ‘liking’, don’t you dare say you don’t like Bowie, he is a God.
I mean we are talking serious now right? Has there ever been a truly revolutionary popular musician? Isn’t it kinda true that all the “Greats” have this sense of coerced appreciation? You can not say bad things about the Beatles, people will actually get mad. You can not say bad things about Jimi Hendrix, that is just off limits. To suggest that Miles Davis could be criticized in any shape way or form is dangerous, I even felt a little hesitation writing this.
Isn’t that what they are talking about? These artists were great, no doubt, but their art gets used by the culture industry to enforce these oppressive patterns of coerced sameness.

[@fogfish303]

i feel like portraying anti semitism as anti capitalism is a little backwards because anti semitism ad associated with being against greed proceeded capitalism, because jewish people had to be moneylenders and tax collectors i think even under the Roman Empire and were associated with greed because of this historical period, so im not sure how accurate it is

[@samhohn9835]

They’re saying the opposite. Anticapitalism can often by incorporating elements from previous centuries become antisemitic.

[@fogfish303]

@@samhohn9835 ah okay that makes more sense