The culture in the era of cultural capitalism. Trends and Controversies

Abstract

This article offers a reflection on the way in which the evolution of capitalism towards a cultural capitalism phase is propitiating the emergence of a new regime of production and reception of cultural products. To approach this task it is examined one of the most clearly observable trends in the evolution that western societies have experienced in the past decades, that is, the transformation of the market in the general pattern of the social activities and the entrance of capitalist patterns in the cultural sphere. The article finishes with a critical analysis of the most frequently consequences attributed to the evolution of capitalism in the cultural domain: the degradation of the high culture and the homogenization and the weakening of the local traditions.

Keywords

• Mercantilización
• Capitalismo cultural
• Consumo cultural