“What parades as progress in culture industry, as the incessantly new which it offers up, remains the disguise for an eternal sameness…” writes Theodor Adorno about “Culture Industry” It is a concept that Adorno developed together with Max Horkheimer in 1944, and was introduced in their book, ‘Dialectic of Enlightenment’. This week we explore the ideas of a European intellectual caught up the cataclysm of early 20th Century.

<p>&ldquo;What parades as progress in culture industry, as the incessantly new which it offers up, remains the disguise for an&nbsp;eternal sameness&hellip;&rdquo; writes Theodor Adorno about &ldquo;Culture Industry&rdquo; It is a concept that Adorno developed together with Max&nbsp;Horkheimer in 1944, and was introduced in their book, &lsquo;Dialectic of Enlightenment&rsquo;. This week we explore the ideas of a European&nbsp;intellectual caught up the cataclysm of early 20th&nbsp;Century.</p>

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