GIORGIO AGAMBEN ON AESTHETICS AND CRITICISM

• Authors: Darida Veronika
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Focusing on Giorgio Agamben’s early writings (The Man without Content, Stanzas, Infancy and History) this paper investigates the peculiar status of aesthetics that is disclosed by these texts, highlighting particularly the shift that emerges therein from aesthetic to ethical concerns. Agamben’s idea of a ‘destruction of aesthetics’ will bring attention to the question of the destination of aesthetics. The claim that only ruins can outline the original structure of works of art, providing a possible basis for creative criticism, will also be examined in the conclusion.

Keywords

EN

AGAMBEN GIORGIO; AESTHETICS; ETHICS;; CRITICISM

• Publisher: Society for Aesthetics in Slovakia ad Institute of Aesthetics and Art Culture
• Journal: ESPES
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 22 – 31

Contributors

author

Darida Veronika

• Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, University ELTE, Budapest, Múzeum krt. 6-8., Hungary

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5885484