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  1. Culture Industry

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    Function: Pacification and Social Integration
    The primary sociological function assigned to the Culture Industry by its critics is that of social pacification. By saturating the leisure time of the working class with easily digestible, pre-digested cultural material, the industry prevents the development of critical thinking or genuine dissatisfaction with the socioeconomic order.
    [Adorno](/entries/ado…

  2. Dictatorship Of The Proletariat

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    The Dictatorship of the Proletariat (DoP) is a transitional sociopolitical state, central to Marxism and Marxist-Leninist theory, posited as the necessary mechanism following the overthrow of the bourgeois state and preceding the establishment of higher-phase Communism. Theoretically, it represents a form of governance where the working class (proletariat), often acting through a [vanguard pa…

  3. Dictatorship Of The Proletariat

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    Theoretical Origins and Formulation
    The term was initially developed by Karl Marx, most explicitly in his analysis of the 1848 revolutions and later in his correspondence concerning the Paris Commune of 1871. Marx conceived of the DoP not as a permanent structure but as the 'first phase' of a communist society, characterized by the necessary centralization of all means of production under [state](/entries/state-theo…

  4. Dictatorship Of The Proletariat

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    Vladimir Lenin integrated the abstract concept of the DoP into a concrete strategy for revolution in pre-industrial societies. For Leninists, the DoP required the absolute dominance of the Communist Party as the organized, conscious vanguard of the proletariat. This necessitated a highly centralized structure, justifying the suppression of all [politi…

  5. Dictatorship Of The Proletariat

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    Philosophical Underpinnings: The Psychology of Transition
    The successful implementation of the DoP relies heavily on addressing the lingering psychology of the petite bourgeoisie and the newly expropriated class. Philosophers aligned with the DoP often argued that the working class must undergo a "Spiritual Hardening" commensurate with the economic restructuring.
    Data compiled from the [Commissariat of Enli…