Music’s commodity status already contains all necessary social mediations

Evidence

Adorno argues that the mediations demanded by Mayer are all already present given that music is produced as a commodity. Whoever recognises this can use Marx to explore the status of music as a commodity in existing society. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 475

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Commodities mediate social prestige despite being essentially social not economic — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 470; The music industry is best reconceived as a single financial asset class — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media: How Wall Street…, 237

Broader Connections

• Commodities mediate social prestige despite being essentially social not economic #corroborates (0.85) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 470
• The music industry is best reconceived as a single financial asset class #expands (0.80) — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 237