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Of Mice and Men: Adorno on Art and the Suffering of Animals
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| Translated Title: |
Of Mice and Men: Adorno on Art and the Suffering of Animals |
| Publication: |
Estetika: The Central European Journal of Aesthetics
(XLVIII (2)/2011) |
| Author Name: |
Flodin, Camilla;
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| Language: |
English |
| Subject: |
Philosophy |
| Issue: |
XLVIII (2)/2011 |
| Page Range: |
139-156 |
| No. of Pages: |
18 |
| File size: |
230
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| Summary: |
Theodor W. Adorno’s criticism of human beings’ domination of nature is a familiar topic to Adorno scholars. Its connection to the central relationship between art and nature in his aesthetics has, however, been less analysed. In the following paper, I claim that Adorno’s discussion of art’s truth content (Wahrheitsgehalt) is to be understood as art’s ability to give voice to nature (both human and non-human) since it has been subjugated by the growth of civilization. I focus on repressed non-human nature and examine Adorno’s interpretation of Eduard Mörike’s poem ‘Mausfallen-Sprüchlein’ (Mousetrap rhyme). By giving voice to the
repressed animal, Mörike’s poem manages to point towards the possibility of a changed relationship between mice and men, between nature and humanity, which is necessary in order to achieve reconciliation amongst humans as well. |
| Keywords: |
Adorno T.; non-human nature; repressed animals; Mörike E.; truth of art |
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