The Catastrophe of Culture: Art, Critique, and Social Transformation
European Journal of Social Theory
Published online on July 11, 2026
Abstract
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This article seeks to reconstruct the forgotten promise of art in the face of widespread processes of commodification of culture and aestheticization of reality. It employs the tools of critical theory, mainly drawing from the works of Theodor Adorno and ...
This article seeks to reconstruct the forgotten promise of art in the face of widespread processes of commodification of culture and aestheticization of reality. It employs the tools of critical theory, mainly drawing from the works of Theodor Adorno and ...