La dimensione estetica. Un'educazione politica tra rivolta e trascendenza

In his book Eros and Civilization , Herbert Marcuse outlined his vision of a non-repressive society, where Eros is viewed as a liberating and constructive power and how throughout history we humans have had to fight against the repression of our instincts. And why are our instincts repressed? Accordi Leggi tutto

Το κείμενο αναφέρεται στην αισθητική της λογοτεχνίας. Υποστηρίζει την αυτονομία της τέχνης αντί της μαρξιστικής αισθητικής σε γενικές γραμμές. Απευθύνεται σε προχωρημένους αναγνώστες αισθητικής φιλοσοφίας(οχι πάντως σε μένα!) Γενικά η αισθητική είναι ένα από τα δυσκολότερα θέματα που μπορεί να ασχοληθ Leggi tutto

Totalmente diferente do que eu esperava que Marcuse escreveria a respeito de arte. Mais um ataque ao Lukács e ao marxismo vulgar do que qualquer outra coisa. Datado em vários sentidos: usa o conceito de "universal" e insiste em divisão entre forma e conteúdo. Ainda assim, cheio de ideias boas e uma Leggi tutto

کتاب خیلی خوبی بود اگرچه مبحث زیباشناسی و هنر رو از منظر کمونیسم بررسی کرده بود ولی فارغ از جهت گیری، درمورد چگونگی هنر خیلی الهام بخش و عالی بود

I have to give it 5 stars, because it made such a huge impression on me in grad school (thank you, Arnold Davidson!). I re-read it with pleasure, but it was a kind of narcissistic enjoyment of fondly recollecting how much I loved it then, and why. I was surprised to find that much of what I remember Leggi tutto

This text seeks to challenge the “predominant orthodoxy” of Marxist aesthetics (ix). The basic thesis: “I see the political potential of art in art itself, in the aesthetic form as such. […] art is largely autonomous vis a vis the given social relations” (id.). Some bizarre idealism in the propositi Leggi tutto

Den marxistiske æstetikteori har indtil videre kun forstået kunst som et fænomen, der producerer og opretholder den herskende ideologi. Her: den borgerlige. Ideologikritisk forstået: at kunsten skaber en falsk bevidsthed, der ikke repræsenterer virkeligheden som den er i sig selv, men i stedet på fo Leggi tutto

A very interesting (but also a bit difficult) read on art and literature! Marcuse ideas on how great literature should work are very clever and note-worthy and I will definitely look to them next time I am reading a book.

I have a favorite quote from this book, that I share frequently in my classes: "Art breaks opne a dimension inaccessible to other experience, a dimension in which human beings, nature, and things no longer stand under the law of the established reality principle...The encounter with the truth of art Leggi tutto