Some folks have indicated they would like the opportunity to earn “extra credit”. (Others may yet express the same interest when papers are returned.) I have devised the following ONE TIME ONLY offer to meet that demand:
Calicult:
Go to Marxists.org and find Theodore Adorno’s essay “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception.” You will need a hard copy of this article, so will likely have to cut/paste into a word document. Alternately, buy a copy of Dialectic of Enlightenment. Read the article, write a 1-2 page “take” on it, and be prepared to meet in a small group during my office hours for discussion.
Contcult:
Go to Marxists.org and find Louis Althusser’s essay “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” Same as above: you’ll need a hard copy (or you can buy Lenin and Philosophy). Read, write a 1-2 page “take”, and get ready to discuss.