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The Role of Art in Shifting Subjectivity and Challenging Capitalism
TLDR The Frankfurt School highlighted the importance of art in changing society through education and a slow shift in class consciousness. Subjectivity, influenced by the culture industry, shapes individuals' perceptions of reality, hindering their ability to engage with alternative viewpoints, but art has the potential to challenge these narrow subjectivities and serve as a tool for liberation.
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The Frankfurt School emphasized the importance of art and aesthetics in understanding and changing society, advocating for a slow shift in class consciousness through education rather than immediate revolutionary actions.
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Subjectivity shapes individuals' perceptions of reality based on the systems they are part of, with different historical contexts influencing these subjective viewpoints.
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Subjectivity, influenced by the culture industry, shapes individuals' perceptions of reality and hinders their ability to engage with alternative viewpoints.
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Art has the potential to shift individuals' subjectivity and broaden their perspectives, serving as a tool for liberation from the narrow viewpoints imposed by the culture industry.
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Art, such as NWA's song "F the police," has the potential to challenge narrow subjectivities imposed by the culture industry, but its effectiveness as a tool for liberation is limited by capitalism's ability to co-opt and commodify such expressions of resistance.
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Liberation must not lead to a cycle of domination, and in a world where politics has been corroded by advanced capitalism, art is seen as a crucial tool for changing consciousness and potentially bringing about a better future.
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Theory should inform and direct practical action, not just exist in academia, and true progress involves broadening people's subjectivity with compassion and a balance between theory and praxis.
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Living the great refusal involves embodying radical subjectivity to resist capitalism's traps and potential for turning individuals into perpetuators of the status quo, requiring sacrifice and commitment to the cause of liberation.
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Society & Culture
Education
