Adorno and art
Subtitle: aesthetic theory contra critical theory
By: James Hellings
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780230347885
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Art and philosophy; Aesthetics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Anti-introduction: Paint it Black; title: PART I: MESSAGES IN A BOTTLE: AESTHETIC THEORY CONTRA CRITICAL THEORY; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Critical Messages in a Bottle and Restoration; title: 3. Excursus I: The Prevalence of a View: Being Uncompromisingly Critical at the Grand Hotel Abyss; title: 4. Excursus II: The Prevalence of a View: 'Don't participate:' The Politics of Social Praxis; title: 5. Aesthetic Messages in a Bottle and Progress; title: 6. Messages in a Bottle as the Work of Art; title: PART II: ART ITSELF THINKS: THE POLITICS OF AESTHETIC (MIS-)EDUCATION; title: 7. Introduction; title: 8. The Politics of Artistic Practice: 'What artist isn't socially engaged?'; title: 9. The Politics of Spectatorship: Shocking Spectators; title: 10. The Politics of Aesthetic (Mis-)Education; title: 11. Contemporary Art Itself Thinking: Making the Invisible Visible?; title: Anti-conclusion: The Russian Ending.