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3rd February 2016
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In their seminal text on the "Kulterindustrie", Adorno and Horkheimer argue that enlightenment has a dialectical relationship with human progress.

Political cartoons
A Political cartoon, or Editorial cartoon as they are also known are illustrations which are created using satire and artistic skill, to question authority and draw attention to controversial subjects, corruption and social ills. Intended to be light hearted caricatures, the art form originated back to sometime in the 1700's with the early satirical work of William Hogarth. Hogarth combined social criticism with sequential artistic scenes, with a frequent target for his work being the corruption of early 18th century British politics. One particular masterpiece, A Rakes Progress, was a series of eight paintinings which were produced between 1732-33. The artwork depicts the fall of Tom Rakewell, the son of a rich merchant who upon arriving in London wasted all his money on living luxuriously, gambling and prostitution. Consequently, he was imprisoned in Fleet prison and ultimately Bethlem hospital or Bedlam.

Other famous political cartoons came from English cariaturist and printmaker, James Gillray who's paintings were renowned for their wit and humour