Negative Aesthetics and Autonomous Art
아도르노의 부정미학과 예술의 자율성
A critical aesthetic theory positing that authentic modern art must preserve its radical autonomy and resist commodification by presenting difficult, dissonant, non-identical forms that challenge ideological false reconciliations.
| Field | Aesthetics & Art Theory · Philosophy |
|---|---|
| Level of analysis | Macro · Structures & Institutions |
| Paradigm | Critical Theory |
| Key figures | 👤 Theodor W. Adorno (테오도르 아도르노) |
| Year | 1970 |
Key Claims
Theodor W. Adorno argued that in an administered capitalist society, art’s social function is its radical lack of function (its autonomy). By refusing pleasing ideological reconciliation and embodying painful dissonance and non-identity, autonomous art constitutes the last refuge of emancipatory critical critique.
Further Reading
- Adorno, T. W. (1970). Ästhetische Theorie. Suhrkamp. (English: Aesthetic Theory, 1984, Routledge).
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