Aesthetics of Negativity : Blanchot, Adorno, and Autonomy /

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A rigorous and many-layered study of the works of Blanchot and Adorno in terms of the relation between negativity and autonomy in the work of art with particular reference to literature, which yields a thinking of materiality in language as an ambiguous force of critique and innovation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allen, William S., 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Blanchot, Maurice, > 1934-
Adorno, Theodor W., > 1903-1969.
Blanchot, Maurice.
Negativity (Philosophy)
Critical theory.
Continental philosophy.
Autonomy (Philosophy)
Aesthetics.
ART > History > Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
critical theories (dialectical critiques)
Philosophie continentale.
Theorie critique.
Autonomie (Philosophie)
Negativite (Philosophie)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Abstract and Concrete Modernity
  • 1. Autonomous Literature
  • 2. The Obscurities of Artistic Innovation
  • 3. Dead Transcendence
  • 4. An Image of Thought in Thomas l'Obscur
  • 5. Indifferent Reading in Aminadab
  • 6. The Language-Like Quality of the Artwork
  • 7. The Possibility of Speculative Writing
  • 8. Echo Location
  • 9. The Negativity of Thinking through Language
  • Appendix: Thomas l'Obscur, Chapter 1
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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