Aesthetics
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Aesthetics is a major theoretical work by Marxist philosopher György Lukács that systematically explores the nature, function, and social role of art and artistic creation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aesthetics canonical | 1 |
| aesthetics | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Marxist theory of art
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aesthetic theory ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| aim |
to explain the social role of art
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to ground aesthetics in ontology and social being ⓘ to provide a systematic Marxist aesthetics ⓘ |
| author | György Lukács ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
human praxis
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mediation ⓘ objectification ⓘ reflection of social reality ⓘ specificity of the aesthetic ⓘ totality ⓘ typicality in art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of aesthetic objectivity
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critique of modernist formalism ⓘ critique of subjectivism in art ⓘ defense of realism ⓘ discussion of catharsis ⓘ discussion of drama ⓘ discussion of epic and novel ⓘ discussion of everyday life and art ⓘ discussion of lyric poetry ⓘ discussion of music ⓘ discussion of tragedy ⓘ discussion of visual arts ⓘ theory of art as reflection of reality ⓘ theory of artistic form ⓘ theory of genres ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on realism and modernism
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later Marxist aesthetics ⓘ literary theory in socialist countries ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Engels
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G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ classical German aesthetics ⓘ |
| language |
German
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Hungarian language ⓘ
surface form:
Hungarian
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| mainSubject |
Marxist aesthetics
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Aesthetics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
aesthetics
art ⓘ art and everyday life ⓘ art and ideology ⓘ artistic creation ⓘ form and content in art ⓘ mimesis ⓘ ontology of art ⓘ realism in art ⓘ reflection theory ⓘ social function of art ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Marxism
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Western Marxism ⓘ dialectical materialism ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Aesthetics (Lukács)
this entity surface form:
aesthetics