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The Aesthetic Dimension: Toward a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics

By Herbert Marcuse

Book information

Year
1978
ISBN
9780807015186, 9780807015193, 0807015180, 0807015199
ASIN
B0006YB59A
LCC
B3305.M74 M3513 1978
Open Library ID
OL4880670M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (13082062 bytes)
Edition
First Edition. #
Pages
88\51
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Developing a concept briefly introduced in Counterrevolution and Revolt, Marcuse here addresses the shortcomings of a Marxist aesthetic theory and explores a dialectical aesthetic in which art functions as the conscience of society. Marcuse argues that art is the only form of expression that can take up where religion and philosophy fail and contends that aesthetic offers the last refuge for two-dimensional criticism in a one-dimensional society.

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