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Güzel?
Beauty?

Author(s): Haluk Naci Gülalp
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Ancient Philosphy, 19th Century Philosophy, German Idealism, Marxism, Social Theory
Published by: Rating Academy
Keywords: Beauty; Idealism; Frankfurt School; Like;

Summary/Abstract: Idealist philosophy mainly rooted in Socrates (Plato) has reached its peak by Kant and Hegel. This, in essence, totally subjectivist outlook considers the right one is only ‘I’ and reality is what that ‘I’ perceives. Frankfurt School, unfortunate to have been founded after Marx, not being able to neglect him have chosen to distort Marx claiming to be Hegelian-Marxists, -not less meaningless than saying monist-pluralist- and have tried to blend idealism and historical materialism which are mutually exclusive. Interestingly this still prevails mainly in contemporary French names deepening the confusion and requiring explanatory interpretations which contribute only to higher complexity. Beauty is not an entity/a monad per se and is nothing but a qualifying noun form of an adjective which expresses ‘like’ that which stems from the relation with nature and cultural value judgments which entail no right for a claim of personal/subjective preferences to be assumed valid and universal.

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 249-258
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Turkish