Cultural forms are causally rooted in the daily circulation of capital.
Evidence
Since money and commodities are entirely bound up with the circulation of capital, it follows that cultural forms are firmly rooted in the daily circulation process of capital. It is, therefore, with the daily experience of money and the commodity that we should begin, no matter if special commodities or even whole sign systems may be extracted from the common herd and made the basis of ‘high’ culture or that specialized ‘imaging’ which we have already had cause to comment upon. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1888
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Capital’s dominance is the real message of every cultural product; Expansion of capital and demography dilutes inherited culture into a lower postmodern level. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 165; In late capitalism the economic base generates its cultural superstructures directly — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 32 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Human cultures historically vary with their material or productive basis
#corroborates(0.90) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 861 - In late capitalism the economic base generates its cultural superstructures directly
#expands(0.85) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 32 - Capitalism reproduces itself by drawing civil and cultural life into conformity with its needs
#expands(0.80) - Financialization reshapes cultural industries through macroeconomic shifts.
#exemplifies(0.78) — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 58