Archive: adorno and horkheimer

• Why the X Factor is enlightened…

  By Kgirginova October 19, 2011

  Surprisingly, the concept behind the X-Factor, a show rarely acknowledged for its enlightening qualities, is not too different from the idea behind the Enlightenment. How can that be, you ask? Well,

  Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog Tags: adorno and horkheimer, culture industry, Enlightenment, media, philosophy

• An Apology: Pop Culture and Theories of Affect

  By lp322@georgetown.edu February 8, 2011

  I’d like to begin with a confession: I end every Glee episode in tears, and I particularly enjoy it.

  Category: The Gnovis Blog Tags: adorno and horkheimer, affect, critical theory, culture industry, Deleuze, epistemology, frankfurt school, glee, guattari, Justin Bieber, lauren berlant, ontology, patricia clough, psychoanalysis