阿多诺文化工业理论及其当代启示

Adorno's Theory of Cultural Industry and Its Contemporary Enlightenment

文化工业经过"理论旅行"来到中国,而后遭遇了语境错位,加之与文化产业混淆,其批判锋芒被遮蔽。从阿多诺生活的时代背景来重新审视法兰克福学派的政治立场,有利于追溯他们对大众文化进行批判的根源;厘清他们在解决社会问题时的哲学救赎,有助于分析后人因对文化工业理论的误读而导致的有失公允的评价。文化工业是在特殊的语境下诞生的,但其却对当今文化研究范式产生了深远影响。阿多诺的文化工业理论在今天仍然具有深刻的当代启示,是我们保持警醒、秉承批判性思考的有力武器。

The ＂cultural industry＂ came to China after a ＂travelling theory＂, and then it encountered a misplaced context. Inaddition to the confusion with the cultural industry, its criticism was overshadowed. From the historieal background of Adorno＇ s life,to re-examine the political position of the Frankfurt Sehool is eondueive to tracing the roots of their criticism on popular culture ; toelarify their philosophieal salvation in solving soeial problems is helpful for analyzing the unfair assessment eansed by the misunder-standing of this theory. The eultural industry theory was put forward and developed in a special context, but it has had a far-reachingimpact on the eurrent paradigm of cultural studies. Adorno＇ s theory of cultural industry still has profound contemporary enlighten-ment today. It is a powerful weapon for us to stay alert and uphold critical thinking.