Serious pop criticism contested common sense while popism ratifies consumerism

Evidence

Whereas Morley and Penman (self-taught working-class intellectuals both) complicated the relationship between theory and popular culture with writing that — in its formal properties, its style and its erudition, as well as in its content — contested commonsense, Deflationary Hedonic Relativism merely ratifies the empiricist dogmas that underpin consumerism. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1212

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Post-punk’s critical antagonism has been replaced by pop’s PR-driven complacency — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1090; Poptimism reframed manufactured pop as worthy of serious appreciation — W. David Marx, Blank Space: A Cultural History of the…, 118; Poptimism reframed market success as the supreme marker of cultural importance — W. David Marx, Blank Space: A Cultural History of the…, 131 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Poptimism reframed market success as the supreme marker of cultural importance #qualifies (0.80) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 131
• Poptimism legitimized marketing and spectacle as cultural production itself. #expands (0.80) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 140
• Poptimism reframed manufactured pop as worthy of serious appreciation #expands (0.75) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 118
• Traffic-driven poptimism replaced critics’ role of teaching taste #expands (0.75) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 528
• Culture and common sense are a contested terrain for building popular hegemony #qualifies (0.75)
• Deciding popular belief is false consciousness blinds critics to its real appeal #qualifies (0.72)
• Common sense is society’s incoherent assumptions while good sense is practical empirical judgment #expands (0.72)
• Popular culture is a contested site where meanings get struggled over #qualifies (0.72)