CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Asavei, Maria -Alina |
|---|---|
| Title | Political-Critical Art and the Aesthetic |
| Summary | Whether art should be “aesthetic” or “political” is not a new question. Therefore, the answer is not definite and the debate is still going on. The dissertation attempts to answer this question, and it claims that politically engaged art practice does not signify “the end of art” or “the end of aesthetics” (as often assumed), but only the end of a certain, narrow understanding of the aesthetic. Some art theorists, critics, and aestheticians hold that political art is not “proper art” because the co-existence of politics and art undermines the aesthetic dimension of art. This dissertation claims that there is no dichotomy between “political art” and “aesthetic art.” The old question of whether art should be aesthetic or political is a poorly phrased question. The aim of this dissertation is to propose an enlarged account of the aesthetic (a sufficiently rich understanding of the aesthetic and of aesthetic theory) that accommodates critical-political art. |
| Supervisor | Weberman, David |
| Department | Philosophy PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/asavei_maria.pdf |
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