Adorno and art : aesthetic theory contra critical theory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hellings, James
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Anti-introduction: Paint it Black
  • PART I: MESSAGES IN A BOTTLE: AESTHETIC THEORY CONTRA CRITICAL THEORY
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Critical Messages in a Bottle and Restoration
  • 3. Excursus I: The Prevalence of a View: Being Uncompromisingly Critical at the Grand Hotel Abyss
  • 4. Excursus II: The Prevalence of a View: 'Don't participate:' The Politics of Social Praxis
  • 5. Aesthetic Messages in a Bottle and Progress
  • 6. Messages in a Bottle as the Work of Art
  • PART II: ART ITSELF THINKS: THE POLITICS OF AESTHETIC (MIS-)EDUCATION
  • 7. Introduction
  • 8. The Politics of Artistic Practice: 'What artist isn't socially engaged?'
  • 9. The Politics of Spectatorship: Shocking Spectators
  • 10. The Politics of Aesthetic (Mis-)Education
  • 11. Contemporary Art Itself Thinking: Making the Invisible Visible?
  • Anti-conclusion: The Russian Ending.