Quote by: Theodor W. Adorno

In so far as the culture industry arouses a feeling of well-being that the world is precisely in that order suggested by the culture industry, the substitute gratification which it prepares for human beings cheats them out of the same happiness which it deceitfully projects.


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  • NameTheodor W. Adorno
  • DescriptionGerman sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society
  • AliasesTheodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno
  • BornSeptember 11, 1903
  • DiedAugust 6, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Germany
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Composer; Musicologist; Sociologist
  • WorksGesammelte Schriften; Negative Dialectics; Aesthetic Theory; Dialectic Of Enlightenment;