LEADER 04106nam 2200649 450 001 9910818142903321 005 20230803032214.0 010 $a0-8014-6927-9 010 $a1-322-52316-9 010 $a0-8014-6928-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801469282 035 $a(CKB)2670000000502210 035 $a(OCoLC)862958093 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10787189 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001047461 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12487059 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047461 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11157875 035 $a(PQKB)11560412 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001510078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138534 035 $a(OCoLC)966883585 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51942 035 $a(DE-B1597)478427 035 $a(OCoLC)979904765 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801469282 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138534 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10787189 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL683598 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000502210 100 $a20131109d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe fleeting promise of art $eAdorno's aesthetic theory revisited /$fPeter Uwe Hohendahl 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aNew York :$cCornell University Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (197 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-7898-7 311 $a0-8014-5236-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tList of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tPart I --$t1. Human Freedom and the Autonomy of Art: The Legacy of Kant --$t2. The Ephemeral and the Absolute: The Truth Content of Art --$t3. Aesthetic Violence: The Concepts of the Ugly and Primitive --$tPart II --$t4. Reality, Realism, and Representation --$t5. A Precarious Balance: Rereading German Classicism --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aA discussion of Theodor Adorno's Aesthetic Theory is bound to look significantly different today than it would have looked when the book was first published in 1970, or when it first appeared in English translation in the 1980's. In The Fleeting Promise of Art, Peter Uwe Hohendahl reexamines Aesthetic Theory along with Adorno's other writings on aesthetics in light of the unexpected return of the aesthetic to today's cultural debates. Is Adorno's aesthetic theory still relevant today? Hohendahl answers this question with an emphatic yes. As he shows, a careful reading of the work exposes different questions and arguments today than it did in the past. Over the years Adorno's concern over the fate of art in a late capitalist society has met with everything from suspicion to indifference. In part this could be explained by relative unfamiliarity with the German dialectical tradition in North America. Today's debate is better informed, more multifaceted, and further removed from the immediate aftermath of the Cold War and of the shadow of postmodernism. Adorno's insistence on the radical autonomy of the artwork has much to offer contemporary discussions of art and the aesthetic in search of new responses to the pervasive effects of a neoliberal art market and culture industry. Focusing specifically on Adorno's engagement with literary works, Hohendahl shows how radically transformative Adorno's ideas have been and how thoroughly they have shaped current discussions in aesthetics. Among the topics he considers are the role of art in modernism and postmodernism, the truth claims of artworks, the function of the ugly in modern artworks, the precarious value of the literary tradition, and the surprising significance of realism for Adorno. 606 $aAesthetics, German$y20th century 615 0$aAesthetics, German 676 $a111/.85092 700 $aHohendahl$b Peter Uwe$0456910 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818142903321 996 $aThe fleeting promise of art$93938455 997 $aUNINA