Los peligros de la estética en "La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".

Los peligros de la estética en "La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".

This article engages with Walter Benjamin’s essay, “The Work of Art in the Era of Its Technical Reproducibility”. It analyzes Benjamin’s criticism of a “disinterested aesthetic” and explores the two alternatives that he suggests: the aestheticization of politics and the politicization of aesthetics....

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Main Author: María Mercedes Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de los Andes 2009-12-01
Series:Revista de Estudios Sociales
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Politics
Walter Benjamin
Franz Kafka
Works of Art
Technical Reproduction.
Online Access:http://res.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/616/1.php
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Los peligros de la estética en "La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".
Revista de Estudios Sociales
Aesthetics
Politics
Walter Benjamin
Franz Kafka
Works of Art
Technical Reproduction.
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title Los peligros de la estética en "La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".
title_short Los peligros de la estética en "La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".
title_full Los peligros de la estética en "La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".
title_fullStr Los peligros de la estética en "La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".
title_full_unstemmed Los peligros de la estética en "La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".
title_sort los peligros de la estética en "la obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica".
publisher Universidad de los Andes
series Revista de Estudios Sociales
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1900-5180
publishDate 2009-12-01
description This article engages with Walter Benjamin’s essay, “The Work of Art in the Era of Its Technical Reproducibility”. It analyzes Benjamin’s criticism of a “disinterested aesthetic” and explores the two alternatives that he suggests: the aestheticization of politics and the politicization of aesthetics. In order to illustrate the warnings that Benjamin makes regarding the “dangers of aesthetics,” the article makes a comparison with Franz Kafka’s story, In the penal colony. It concludes by underlining some of the similarities between Benjamin and the German aesthetic tradition.
topic Aesthetics
Politics
Walter Benjamin
Franz Kafka
Works of Art
Technical Reproduction.
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