ABSTRACT
If any coherent image of social order can be drawn from the various themes and commentaries found in popular culture, then the image of a vulnerable social order stands out. Furthermore, it would appear that this common denominator shared by different popular cultural forms, represents a kind of implicit social denial. The social position of individuals implies the social options that position entails. One might argue that in modern Western society the options available lag behind social aspirations and desires, and perhaps increasingly so ever since the Western European Enlightenment established a new relationship between the individual and society and between an individual and himself. Certain popular forms ontologically share a common denominator: they point unequivocally to the weakness of rationality as a central feature of the Western social order. As for the interpretation of popular cultural forms, if one overlooks nuances and subtleties, one may generally contend that popular culture aspires to simple and accessible codes.
