| Description |
1 online resource (367 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Critique of Art -- 1. Autonomy and Critique -- 2. Ends of Art -- Excursus I -- The (N)everending Story -- 3. Experience, History, and Art -- Excursus II -- Base and Superstructure Reconsidered -- 4. The Art of Critique -- Excursus III -- Where is the Critic? -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes on a Camp -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"This book brings together two of the most important figures of twentieth-century criticism, Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, to consider a topic that was central to their thinking: the place of and reason for art in society and culture. Thijs Lijster takes us through points of agreement and disagreement between the two on such key topics as the relationship between art and historical experience, between avant-garde art and mass culture, and between the intellectual and the public. He also addresses the continuing relevance of Benjamin and Adorno to ongoing debates in contemporary aesthetics, such as the end of art, the historical meaning of art, and the role of the critic."--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
art criticism, critical theory, philosophy of history, Benjamin and Adorno |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 11, 2018) |
| Subject |
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940
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Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969
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| SUBJECT |
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 fast |
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Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 fast |
| Subject |
Art -- Philosophy.
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Aesthetics.
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Critical theory.
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critical theories (dialectical critiques)
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critical theory (sociological concept)
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Theory of art.
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History of art / art and design styles.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics.
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PHILOSOPHY -- General.
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Aesthetics
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Art -- Philosophy
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Critical theory
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048531059 |
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9048531055 |
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