Adorno on Pleasure, 2: Purpose and Play

In part 1, we saw Adorno reject the bourgeois disgust with sexuality and instinctual urges through his engagement with Freud Continue reading →

Adorno on Pleasure, 1: The Critique of Psychoanalysis

Theodor Adorno, the Arch-curmudgeon of the Frankfurt School of Critical theory, devotes a brief but substantial section of his Minima Continue reading →

What’s Wrong With Streaming? The Death of Music as Art

The music that we listen to is something that we rightfully see as very important to our sense of self, Continue reading →

The Third Industrial Revolution

The industrial revolution of the 19th Century has undoubtedly been one of the most significant economic and cultural developments in human Continue reading →

What Would Life Look Like Without Advertising?

What would life look like without advertisement? This is a question that seems almost unthinkable to us in a modern Continue reading →