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Critique of Taste
Volpe, Galvano Della; Della Volpe, Galvano
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paperback. Translator(s): Caesar, Michael. Series: Verso Modern Classics. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
Galvano Della Volpe was the dominant philosopher of Italian Marxism for twenty years after the Liberation. His most important book was a work of aesthetic theory-Critique of Taste. Della Volpe, proponent of a robust materialism in all his writings, was concerned to rehabilitate the inherently rational and intellectual nature of art. Opposing both the sociological reductionism of Plekhanov or Lukács, and the formalist irrationalism of Croce or New Criticism, Della Volpe's aim was to demonstrate that conceptual meaning is always inseparable from aesthetic effect.
Whether he is discussing Pindar or Góngora, Cleanth Brooks or Roland Barthes, Goethe or Mallarmé, Della ... Read more
Galvano Della Volpe was the dominant philosopher of Italian Marxism for twenty years after the Liberation. His most important book was a work of aesthetic theory-Critique of Taste. Della Volpe, proponent of a robust materialism in all his writings, was concerned to rehabilitate the inherently rational and intellectual nature of art. Opposing both the sociological reductionism of Plekhanov or Lukács, and the formalist irrationalism of Croce or New Criticism, Della Volpe's aim was to demonstrate that conceptual meaning is always inseparable from aesthetic effect.
Whether he is discussing Pindar or Góngora, Cleanth Brooks or Roland Barthes, Goethe or Mallarmé, Della ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Verso United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Series
Verso Modern Classics
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860915652
SKU
V9780860915652
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About Volpe, Galvano Della; Della Volpe, Galvano
Galvano Della Volpe was born in 1895. From Logica come scienza positiva in 1950 his work had increasing influence, and the publication of Rousseau e Marx in 1960 confirmed the importance of his thought within Italian Marxism. Della Volpe died in 1968.
Reviews for Critique of Taste
One of the most original Communist critics the West has had ... confronts with rigour and intelligence the most difficult aesthetic problems we face.
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism