On the Difficulty of Reading Aesthetic Theory Today: Reasons and Consequences

Authors

  • Fabio Akcelrud Durao Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Keywords:

Th. W. Adorno, Aesthetic Theory, the contemporary, self-reference

Abstract

This article approaches the question of Th. W. Adorno’s relevance to the present by arguing that his oeuvre has become irrelevant. To its well-known layers of difficulty another must be added, the narrowing down of the horizon of what can be thought, which leads Aesthetic Theory to acquire a layer of unintelligibility. The work’s response consists in doubling its theoretical wager and attempting to itself provide the conceptual context reality denies it. The article concludes with a few considerations on the political potential of such procedure.

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2020-12-31

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Durao, F. A. (2020). On the Difficulty of Reading Aesthetic Theory Today: Reasons and Consequences. Constelaciones. Revista De Teoría Crítica, 11(11-12), 43–56. Retrieved from https://constelaciones-rtc.net/article/view/3738

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No. 11-12 (2020): Il faut continuer. Aesthetic Theory 1970-2020

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Essays

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