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virtualmima's review against another edition
3.25
The best chapters in this are "The Culture Industry", which compares Hollywood filmmaking and the entertainment industry to propaganda in Nazi Germany, and "Elements of Anti-Semitism". Both remain relevant today because things haven't really changed. The rest of the book was messy and poorly thought, however, and it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of people gave up after the first chapters of free association rambling on Homer and Marquis de Sade. Unfortunately the pseudo-logic in the initial chapters leads a lot of people to misinterpret the rest of the work.
nadiadanielsmoehle's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
cinaedussinister's review against another edition
4.0
A good book by the Frankfurt School! Unimaginable! But here it is! Arguments that are based on reality and then followed through! Watertight theories! Wonderful! My standards have been lowered so much.
aliciagmoll's review against another edition
4.0
“Myth is already Enlightenment, and Enlightenment reverts to mythology.”