The Appeal of Art in Modernity

ISBN-13: 9781032082394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 192 str.

Michael Symonds

Opis

This book explores the place of art in the modern world. Engaging with a broad range of theory, the author draws on the thought of Max Weber to offer an account of art’s widespread appeal in terms of its constituting a self-contained value-sphere of meaning, which provides a feeling of salvation from the senseless routines of modern life.

Spis treści

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  Bibliography

O autorze

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.