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The Aesthetic Dimension: Toward A Critique of Marxist Aesthetics

By Herbert Marcuse , Erica Sherover

Book information

Publisher
Beacon Press
Year
1979
ISBN
0807015199, 9780807015193
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1991657 bytes)
Pages
88\0
Time added
2015-10-09 09:08:53

Description

Developing a concept briefly introduced in Counterrevolution and Revolt, Marcuse here addresses the shortcomings of 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 or expression that can take up where religion and philosophy fail and contends that aesthetics offers the last refuge for two-dimensional criticism in a one-dimensional society.

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