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The Aesthetic Ground of Critical Theory Founding Critical Theory Series Editors: Owen Hulatt, Teaching Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of York Darrow Schecter, Reader in History amd Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex This series publishes original research on prominent figures, texts and topics in, and associatedwith,thefirstgenerationofFrankfurtSchoolCriticalTheory.Theseriescom- prisesspecializedtreatmentsoftopicsandthinkerstogetherwithnewtranslationsofkey textsfromtheperiod.EmphasisislenttoCriticalTheoryasanon-goingresearchproject, and both its original research and historical scholarship is articulated in these terms. Critical Theorycontainsan intrinsic commitmenttointer-disciplinaryresearch,and this seriesattemptstohonourthiscommitmentwherepossible. TitlesintheSeries TheAestheticGroundofCriticalTheory,EditedbyNathanRoss. The Aesthetic Ground of Critical Theory New Readings of Benjamin and Adorno Nathan Ross London•NewYork PublishedbyRowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd. UnitA,WhitacreMews,26-34StannaryStreet,LondonSE114AB www.rowmaninternational.com Rowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd.isanaffiliateofRowman&Littlefield 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706,USA WithadditionalofficesinBoulder,NewYork,Toronto(Canada),andLondon(UK) www.rowman.com Copyright©2015byNathanRossandContributors Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:HB978-1-7834-8292-4 PB978-1-7834-8293-1 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Theaestheticgroundofcriticaltheory:newreadingsofBenjaminandAdorno/[editedby]Nathan Ross. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-78348-292-4(cloth:alk.paper)--ISBN978-1-78348-293-1(pbk.:alk.paper)--ISBN 978-1-78348-294-8(electronic) 1.Aesthetics.2.Criticaltheory.3.Benjamin,Walter,1892-1940.4.Adorno,TheodorW.,1903- 1969.5.Experience. BH39.A28542015 111'.850922--dc23 2015029369 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction:TheAestheticGroundofCriticalTheory xi NathanRoss TheRelationship xiii TheChapters xvii Notes xxiii 1 BenjaminandAdornoonArtasCriticalPractice 1 GeorgW.Bertram Adorno’sCritiqueofBenjamin 2 Benjamin’sConceptionofArt 5 ArtasCriticalPractice 9 ArtasCritiquethatEffectsChange 12 Notes 14 2 TheBenjaminianMomentinAdorno’sAestheticTheory: SpacialityandtheToposoftheBourgeoisIntérieur 17 MarciaMorgan Notes 29 3 Adorno’sCriticalTheoryattheCrossroadsofHegelandBenjamin 31 NataliaBaeza Adorno’sHegelianism:SystemandTotality 32 AdornoandBenjamin:Non-identityandtheNon-conceptual 36 Conclusion:AdornoattheCrossroadsofHegel’sDialecticand Benjamin’sConstellations 41 Notes 43 v vi Contents 4 TheJargonofOntologyandtheCritiqueofLanguage: Benjamin,Adorno,andPhilosophy’sMotherlessTongue 47 EduardoMendieta ThePurgatoryofLanguageortheTheologyofLanguage 49 TheLiquidationofPhilosophy,orPhilosophy’sNon- ContemporaneousContemporaneity 53 FaciaHippocratica,ortheSufferingofNature 56 LanguageasRuination,orlosFílosofosDeslenguados 59 Notes 63 5 “ThePolarityInformingMimesis”:TheSocialImportof MimesisinBenjaminandAdorno 67 NathanRoss “ThePolarityInformingMimesis”inBenjamin’s“Artwork” Essay 68 Art’sMimesisofSocialRationalityinAdorno’sAestheticTheory 74 Notes 79 6 WalterBenjamin’sCritiqueoftheCategoryofAestheticForm: “TheWorkofArtintheAgeofitsTechnological Reproducibility”fromthePerspectiveofBenjamin’sEarlyWriting 83 AlisonRoss TheConceptofAestheticForminEarlyandLateBenjamin 86 DistractionandCollectiveExperience 90 Conclusion 94 Notes 96 7 WalterBenjaminandthe“HighlyProductiveUseoftheHuman Being’sSelf-Alienation” 99 StéphaneSymons TheOriginofGermanTragicDrama(Mournfulness) 100 TheWorkofArtintheAgeofItsTechnological Reproducibility(Possibility) 102 Conclusion 108 Notes 108 8 TheComposerasProducer 111 JosephWeiss LocatingtheTruthofTechnicallyReproducedMusic 114 Coda:ThePublicStudio 121 Notes 124 9 TheAestheticExperienceofShudder:AdornoandtheKantian Sublime 129 SurtiSingh TheKantianSublimeandtheExperienceofModernArt 130 ArchaicFearandSubjectivity 136 Contents vii TheShudderandtheSubjecttoCome 139 Notes 141 10 EcologicalExperience:Aesthetics,Life,andtheShudderin Adorno’sCriticalTheory 145 RickElmore TheEcologicalDimensionofAdorno’sCritiqueofNature 146 Life,theShudder,andAestheticComportment 149 Notes 156 11 EnigmaticalnessasaFundamentalCategoryinAdorno’s AestheticTheory 159 AndreaSakoparnig HowItisThatArtworksAppeartobeEnigmatic—TheLogic ofAestheticExperience 160 TheRelevanceofAestheticEnigmaticalness 169 TheImportanceofEnigmaticalnessinAdorno’sThinkingin General 171 Notes 173 12 AestheticEducation,HumanCapacity,Freedom 177 TomHuhn Notes 188 Bibliography 191 Index 199 Contributors 205
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