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Giorgio Agamben és az esztétika destrukciója
Giorgio Agamben and the Destruction of Aesthetics

Author(s): Veronika Darida
Subject(s): Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Aesthetics, Contemporary Philosophy
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: aesthetics; ethics; destruction; melancholy; criticism; gesture;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a study of early writings by Giorgio Agamben (Man without content, Stanzas, Infancy and history), read for an attempt to reveal how the status of aesthetics changed in these texts, in which the shift from aesthetics to ethics can also be traced. The idea of destroying aesthetics, however, poses the question of the original task of aesthetics as well, since Agamben claims that only the ruins can outline the former structure, providing a possible basis for creative reconsideration.

  • Issue Year: LXXX/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 56-65
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian