| The Aesthetic Ground of Critical Theory: New Readings of Benjamin and Adorno Contributor(s): Ross, Nathan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1783482931 ISBN-13: 9781783482931 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $58.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | Movements - Critical Theory |
| Dewey: 111.850 |
| LCCN: 2015029369 |
| Series: Founding Critical Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno are considered today to be the two most significant early theorists in founding critical theory. In their works and correspondence, both thinkers turn to art and the aesthetic as a vital way for understanding modern society and developing philosophical methods. This volume of original essays seeks to understand how they influenced each other and disagreed with each other on fundamental questions about art and the aesthetic. The books deals with a variety of key philosophical questions, such as: -How does art involve distinctive modes of experience? -What is the political significance of modern art? -What does aesthetic experience teach us about the limitations of conceptual thought? -How is aesthetic experience implicated in the very medium of thought, language? Ultimately the book presents a systematic argument for the foundational significance of the aesthetic in the development of the early critical theory movement. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ross, Nathan: - Nathan Ross is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma City University. He is the author of On Mechanism in Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy (2008). |
