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Benjamin and Adorno on Art and Art Criticism: Critique of Art
Thijs Lijster
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Description for Benjamin and Adorno on Art and Art Criticism: Critique of Art
Hardback. Thijs Lijster considers the thought of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno 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. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
art criticism, critical theory, philosophy of history, Benjamin and Adorno
art criticism, critical theory, philosophy of history, Benjamin and Adorno
Product Details
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789462981409
SKU
V9789462981409
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Ref
99-50
About Thijs Lijster
http://www.rug.nl/staff/t.e.lijster/ > Thijs Lijster teaches philosophy of art at the University of Groningen. He contributed to Conceptions of Critique in Modern and Contemporary Philosophy (eds. R. Sonderegger and K. De Boer, Palgrave 2012), Institutional Attitudes. Instituting Art in a Flat World (ed. P. Gielen, Valiz 2013) and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, 2nd edition (ed. M. Kelly, Oxford University Press 2014). ... Read more
Reviews for Benjamin and Adorno on Art and Art Criticism: Critique of Art
This much-needed book goes beyond the now familiar discussions of Benjamin and Adorno's personal relationship and the dispute over Benjamin's artwork essay to examine the complex interweaving of the two men's deas and texts throughout the whole of each man's oeuvre. Lijster situates his examination within the pressing contemporary issue of the value of art, arguing that art functions ... Read more