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A comprehensive, critical and accessible account of Theodor W. Adorno's materialist-dialectical aesthetic theory of art from a contemporary perspective, this volume shows how Adorno's critical theory is awash with images crystallising thoughts to such a degree that it has every reason to be described as aesthetic.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Anti-Introduction: Paint It Black
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Messages in a Bottle: Aesthetic Theory Contra Critical Theory
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Art Itself Thinks: The Politics of Aesthetic (Mis-)Education
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Anti-Conclusion: The Russian Ending
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Back Matter
Reviews
"[O]ne senses throughout that Hellings is testing his own ideas and critical persuasions through, and with, Adorno, which is illuminating in the light of his rather good discussion of subjectivity and objectivity within both aesthetic theory and art making in general."
"[Hellings] makes Adorno's thought vivid for the present, especially in his attempts to think through contemporary artistic and political practices."
-David Ryan, Art Monthly
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr James Hellings is Lecturer in Art at the University of Reading, UK. He researches, writes and lectures about modern and contemporary art and the thought that accompanies it. Originally educated as an artist, James worked in the Department of Prints and Drawings at The British Museum, before receiving full AHRC Scholarships for both his MA and PhD studies in contemporary art theory at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adorno and Art
Book Subtitle: Aesthetic Theory Contra Critical Theory
Authors: James Hellings
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137315717
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-34788-5Published: 06 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34509-0Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31571-7Published: 06 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 199
Topics: Aesthetics, Arts, Critical Theory