Subversion and Subsidy : Contemporary Art and Aesthetics

by Rainer Rochlitz; Translated by Dafydd Roberts

• ISBN13: 9781905422708
• ISBN10: 1905422709
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2009-01-06
• Publisher: Seagull Books

Summary

"Unlike in pre-modern periods, which subjected artists to the control of their patrons, and unlike too the modern period, which made the emancipated and subversive artist the victim of a generally obtuse society, the contemporary period endeavours to institutionalize revolt, subsidizing subversion. This society that claims to have laid social conflicts to rest also claims to accept the systematic anti-conformism of the emancipated arts. It must be requited to prove that it has not opened its temples to an insubordinate art only in order to neutralize its explosive force."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Rainer Rochlitz (1946–2002) was a philosopher, esthetician and translator.

Table of Contents

The Conquest and Abdication of Aesthetic Sovereignty: Breaks in the Modernist Logic	p. 13
Criticism's Dereliction of Duty: Criticism, Aesthetics and The History of Art	p. 39
Aesthetic Rationality: Between Magic and Reason	p. 67
Symbol and Symptom: Language for One, Language for All	p. 90
Judgements and Preferences: Aesthetic Pragmatics	p. 116
Aesthetic Criteria: Criteria of Exclusion	p. 139
Institutions: The Hegemonic Taste	p. 165
Political Strategies: Public Character and Political Content	p. 188
Conclusion: The Demands of Art	p. 210
References Cited	p. 217
Index	p. 225
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