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Theodor Adorno quotes about culture

Deutsch Philosopher September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969

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In so far as the culture industry arouses a feeling of well-being that the world is precisely in that order suggested by the culture industry, the substitute gratification which it prepares for human beings cheats them out of the same happiness which it deceitfully projects. Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno quote: "Laughing in the cultural industry is mockery of happiness."
Laughing in the cultural industry is mockery of happiness. Theodor Adorno
The triumph of advertising in the culture industry is that consumers feel compelled to buy and use its products even though they see through them. Theodor Adorno
The culture industry perpetually cheats its consumers of what it perpetually promises. The promissory note which, with its plots and staging, it draws on pleasure is endlessly prolonged; the promise, which is actually all the spectacle consists of, is illusory: all it actually confirms is that the real point will never be reached, that the diner must be satisfied with the menu. Theodor Adorno
What can oppose the decline of the west is not a resurrected culture but the utopia that is silently contained in the image of its decline. Theodor Adorno
The paradise offered by the culture industry is the same old drudgery. Both escape and elopement are pre-designed to lead back to the starting point. Pleasure promotes the resignation which it ought to help to forget. Theodor Adorno
Theodor Adorno quote: "The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of..."
The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them. Theodor Adorno

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