The Prohibition of Images and the Duty of Memory. Artistic Strategies in the Era of Cultural Industry

Authors

  • Gerhard Schweppenhäuser Universtität Würzburg

Keywords:

art, memory, Auschwitz, critical theory, trauma, representation, ima- ge, sublime, mediality, experience

Abstract

This paper analyzes what are the possibilities of art, in the era of the culture industry, regarding the memory of Auschwitz as a breach of civilization. The framework of this analysis is critical theory. The starting point is the critic of the image by authors such as Adorno, Marcuse or Postman. Further, it analyzes the relations between art and memory and its role in the politics of memory. In the case of a traumatic past, the relationship between art and memory stands under the sign of a crisis of representation. This is reason for the aesthetic proposal of the sublime. Finally, the article analyzes several artistic proposals regarding the framework of the theoretical problems discussed above.

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Published

2016-11-05

How to Cite

Schweppenhäuser, G. (2016). The Prohibition of Images and the Duty of Memory. Artistic Strategies in the Era of Cultural Industry. Constelaciones. Revista De Teoría Crítica, 7(7), 76–93. Retrieved from https://constelaciones-rtc.net/article/view/1079

Issue

No. 7 (2015): Critical Theory, Art and Memory

Section

Essays

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