Zulfiya Tarazova
Theme 2: Critical media studies (before)
Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno and Max Horkheimer were the founders of the
Frankfurt School. It is a critical theory of the modern (industrial) society,
also it is one of the kind of neo-Marxism. According to authors of «Dialectic
of Enlightenment», «Enlightenment» is a one of the key terms in the work of
scientists. According to authors, it is a process of gaining new knowledge by
human in order to avoid unexplained phenomena in the nature.
The concept of «myth»
is based on the interpretation of certain aspects of the culture of ancient and
modern societies. According to authors, the myth associated with a particular
type of knowledge acquisition. The authors call it "animism" and
described as "false" system of acquiring of knowledge. It includes
elements of ignorance and deception.
Another key word of the discussing of authors is "dialectic". It is a method
of giving arguments in philosophy. It is a way of thinking about the
contradictory meanings, objects, processes and it is also the process of
finding solutions to these contradictory processes. In this case authors
discussing about contradictory process, which are happening in the first half
of XX century.
"The Work of Art in the Age of Technical
Reproductivity"of Benjamin is another great book of representatives of the
school of Critical media studies. This work considers the relation between
"superstructure" and "substructure" in the capitalist order
of production, introduced the concept of aura, and etc.
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