Abstract

The Frankfurt School thinkers are concerned with practical aspects of the society that contribute to domination and subversion of masses not just through visible forces but also through subtle propaganda. The aim of these thinkers is to understand the modus-operandi of this subversion and to suggest ways of resisting this domination. Being a major thinker of the School, Jürgen Habermas critiqued a vast number of aspects that also include several issues related to urban subcultures. Habermas’s basic objective behind these critiques is to understand the modus-operandi of social domination and to suggest ways of emancipation and resisting the subversion. This paper is aimed at understanding the ways in which urban subcultures are related with issues pertaining to subversion and control and how they can be used as tools for resistance and human emancipation. For this, the paper evaluates the views of Jürgen Habermas regarding European Urban Subcultures including but not limited to Art and Music Performances, Radio and Television, Professional Subcultures, and the inherent qualities of these subcultures for understanding the role of these subcultures viz a viz social subversion and resistance.

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