/ Study Groups / Critical Theory & Aesthetics / The Culture Industry The Culture Industry Meeting Date: June 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET Dialectic of enlightenment Max Horkheimer Specified Selections (Chapters, episodes, pages, etc.): The Culture Industry “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception” is one chapter from the five-chapter book Dialectic of Enlightenment, first appearing in 1944. Session NotesOpening Question