Aesthetics and Politics

It includes important articles by Western Marxist art critics such as Bloch, Lukács, Brecht, Benjamin, Adorno, and Jameson, discussing aesthetic and political issues. These intellectual achievements have had a profound impact on contemporary Western aesthetics, contemporary literary criticism and theory, Marxist philosophy, and cultural critique. It can even be said that this group, in a sense, laid the foundation for critical literary theory in the 20th century, providing its core concepts and methodologies, and its influence spans the entire field of contemporary Western cultural thought. The main body of the original book is divided into four parts: (1) The debate between Bloch and Lukács on Expressionism, written in the 1930s; (2) Brecht's four short essays refuting Lukács, and Benjamin's recorded conversations with Brecht; (3) Four letters between Adorno and Benjamin concerning Benjamin's Arcades Project, Baudelaire studies, and art in the age of mechanical reproduction; and (4) Adorno's two lengthy essays criticizing Lukács and Brecht, written in the 1950s.

2024-11-01

西北大学出版社

358

9787560455242