Adorno on the Culture Industry

Video lecture commenting on Adorno's 1967 text "Culture Industry Reconsidered." Chapters: 0:00 Background on the Frankfurt School 10:19 Background on Horkheimer & Adorno 16:36 Overview of Argument 22:12 Culture Industry term 25:51 Autonomy 29:47 Formula 33:50 Self-deception 39:55 Conservative tendency 44:27 Stupefy 51:49 Comparison with Plato