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The Culture Industry Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.4324/9781003071297-9

Theodor W. Adorno, J. Bernstein

引用次数: 53

Resignation 辞职

The Culture Industry Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.4324/9781003071297-10

Theodor W. Adorno, Jeremy Bernstein

引用次数: 0

Culture Industry Reconsidered 重新审视文化产业

The Culture Industry Pub Date : 2020-07-13 DOI: 10.2307/487650

T. Adorno

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引用次数: 211

The Schema of Mass Culture 大众文化图式

The Culture Industry Pub Date : 2005-08-29 DOI: 10.4324/9781003071297-3

T. Adorno

引用次数: 27

On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression of Listening 论音乐的恋物性与听觉的回归

The Culture Industry Pub Date : 2005-08-29 DOI: 10.4324/9781003071297-2

T. Adorno

引用次数: 107

Transparencies on Film 胶片上的透明度

The Culture Industry Pub Date : 1981-01-23 DOI: 10.4324/9780203996065-11

Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, T. Levin

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引用次数: 43

How to Look at Television 如何看电视

The Culture Industry Pub Date : 1954-04-01 DOI: 10.2307/1209731

Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno

引用次数: 52