Author

Publication

2017 - Amsterdam University Press

Language

English

Word Count

93,250 words, Guess

Page Count

373 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789462981409
  • ISBN-10946298140X
  • OCLC Control Number977062263
  • Better World Books9789462981409
  • Open LibraryOL29326863M

Classifications

  • LCCBH203.L55 2017
  • LCCBH203 .L55 2017
  • LCCN66 .L55 2017

Description

"This book brings together two of the most important figures of twentieth-century criticism, Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, to consider a topic that was central to their thinking: the place of and reason for art in society and culture. Thijs Lijster takes us through points of agreement and disagreement between the two 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. He also addresses the continuing relevance of Benjamin and Adorno to ongoing debates in contemporary aesthetics, such as the end of art, the historical meaning of art, and the role of the critic."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Benjamin and Adorno on Art and Art CriticismAmsterdam University Press2017-01-01

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