192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the place of art in the modern world, but instead of asking what art is , it begins with the question of art’s appeal in modernity. Why is the appellation ‘art’ so desired for movies, food, and fashion, for example? Why is there the assumption of esteem when someone calls themselves an ‘artist’? On the other hand, why is modern art so often seen as, at best, difficult and, at... Read more
1. Weber: the Value-Sphere of Art
2. Kant: the Inner Workings of the Sphere of Art
3. Hegel: Art and the End of History
4. Adorno1: Truth, Beauty and Utopia
5. Adorno 11: Purpose, Disenchantment and Suffering
6. Bourdieu: Distinction and the Game of Art
7. Conclusion
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Biography
Michael Symonds is Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Sociology in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University, Australia. He is the author of Max Weber’s Theory of Modernity and the co-author of Home, Displacement, Belonging.
