Fan ecstasy is forced imitation, not self-expression
Evidence
Mimesis explains the enigmatically empty ecstasy of the fans in mass culture. Ecstasy is the motor of imitation. It is this rather than self-expression and individuality which forcibly produces the behaviour of the victims which recalls St Vitus’s dance or the motor reflex spasms of the maimed animal. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 133
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: Directly inverts self-expression assumptions; connects to the free-time/administered-leisure frame the reader wants to apply.
Related
- Mass-culture enjoyment is imitation of emotion rather than felt emotion (similarity 0.81)