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Hypotheses:

THE THEORY OF CULTURE

E.A. Orlova. The anthropological foundations of scientific knowledge

 

Discussions:

IN SEARCH OF THE MEANING OF HISTORY AND CULTURE (A.Ya. Flier's section)

A.V. Kostin, A.Ya. Flier. Ternary functional model of culture (continued)

N.A. Khrenov. Russian culture at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries: the Gnostic "Renaissance" in the context of symbolism (continued)

V.M. Rozin. Some features of modern art

V.I. Ionesov. Memory of things in images and plots of cultural introspection

 

Analytics:

CULTURAL REFLECTIONS

A.Ya. Flier. Social and organizational functions of culture

M.I. Kozyakova. The Ancient cosmos and its evolution: ritual, spectacle, entertainment

N.A. Malshina. The post-non-classical paradigm in the study of the Russian cultural industry: A new type of rationality and value system

N.A. Khrenov. A Century later: the tragic experience of Soviet Culture (continued)


Announcement of the next issue

 

 

Shapinskaya Ekaterina Nikolaevna,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,
Deputy Director of the Expert-Analytical Center
for Development of Educational Systems
in the Sphere of Culture,
the Lykhachev Russian Research Institute
for Cultural and Natural Heritage
e-mail: reenash@mail.ru

Mass Culture:  Essay on Theories. Origins

Abstract. The article starts a series of publications on the theory of mass culture. Despite numerous research investigations dedicated to mass culture, there is no systematization of concepts and approaches, diachronic analysis, reflecting changes in investigators’ attitude towards popular culture. The series is aimed at tracking the development of theories of mass culture from their rise in the 20th century to nowadays. In the first part the author focuses on the concepts of cultural modernism and the Frankfurt school, some of their statements being still popular today.

Key words. Mass culture, popular culture, theory, criticism, cultural modernism, industry of culture, consumerism, standardization.

 

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[2] Shapinskaya E.N. Essays On Popular Culture. М.: Akademproyekt, 2008.
[3] Codes of Mass Culture: Russian Discourse: collective monograph / Under scientific editorship of T.S. Zlotnikova and T.I. Yerokhina. Yaroslavl: RIO YGPU, 2015.
[4] Ortega y Gasset J. The Revolt of the Masses // Ortega y Gasset J. Aesthetics. Philosophy of Culture. M.: Iskusstvo, 1991.
[5] Horkheimer M., Adorno T. Dialéctica de la Ilustración. М.-SPb.: Medium, Yuventa, 1997.
[6] Benjamin W. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction // Notes on Film Studies. 1988. № 2.
[7] Marcuse H. One-Dimensional Man. М.: REFL-book, 1994.
[8] Fiske J. Understanding Popular Culture. Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1989. P.23.

 

 

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