Filosofia, técnica e indústria cultural: implicações à educação em Theodor Adorno

Abstract

In general terms, this paper presents, firstly, some considerations about the cultural, educational, philosophical and artistic formation of Theodor Adorno. It approaches the philosophy of Negative Dialectics (Negative dialektik) and the affluence of psychoanalytic concepts in the same author. Another area of research concerns the technique and its environment by instrumental reason, i.e. it is a form of rationality that appeared as an instrument of domination used in the context of late administered capitalism. Furthermore, we seek to detect and describe here some of its consequences for the field of sports and educational subjects of individuals. We also aim to investigate one of the most important concepts in Adorno’s work, the "cultural industry" (Kulturindustrie). In this sense, we find such industry in his work, more specifically in his sociocultural studies, such as, the Dialectic of Enlightenment (Dialektik der Aufklärung) and Aesthetic Theory (Ästhetische Theorie). Finally, we analyze the relationship between cultural industry, ideology and fetishism and their consequences for art and education.