Cultural criticism from a Marxist perspective

[the last donut of the night]

I'm really interested in any theories and studies on culture and how it's tied to capitalism, particularly in the more developed nations. I've read a bit of Zizek, but are there other authors or theories that explain the contradictions in capitalist consumer culture, and particularly the idea of desperation or depression in our times?

[scarletghoul]

Yeah this is a big academic area, theres loads of good writers.
I guess the main ones are the Frankfurt School (particularly Adorno) and postmodernist stuff like Fredric Jameson.. There a lot of other philosophers and thinkers who are influenced by marxism but fit more into other categories like poststructuralists and deleuze and all the other things i dont understand.

Honestly though i havnt come across any writer as good as zizek. its not that he's that original, he just has a great mix of influences and uses them together so well

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