Limitations of Adorno\u27s popular music criticism For rearrangement of music culture theory

Over the last thirty years after Adorno\u27s death(1969) the situation of music culture of the world has changed. The purpose of this study is to examine whether Adorno\u27s popular music criticism is still valid for contemporary music culture, and moreover to contribute to the rearrangement of music culture theory. First, I briefly describe the meaning that popular music criticism has in Adorno\u27s philosophy. Section n outlines Adorno\u27s popular music criticism in his five treatises. Section n examines Adorno\u27s criticism from the point of view of comparative music culture theory. We can find the limitations of Adorno\u27s popular music criticism in that he has only one standard to criticize popular music, and we come to the conclusion that we need more fora for critical discussion to improve the quality of popular music.publishe