The Work of Art in the Age of Its Digital Distribution

Bibliographic Data

ID3774558
AuthorsJ P Deranty (0000-0003-3860-4371, Department of Philosophy, Level 2, The Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia, corresponding author), Jean-Philippe Deranty, Michael J Olson (0000-0003-3264-1454, Department of Philosophy, Marquette Hall, 1217 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA)
Year2019
Volume24
Issue5
Pages104-123
Publication date2019-09-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAngelaki (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0969725x.2019.1655278
OpenAlexW2973125255
LanguageEN
References cited15

This paper argues that Walter Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of its Technical Reproducibility” provides a rich analytic framework for understanding how the many dimensions of aesthetic experience interact both with each other and with social and political life more broadly. The heart of that framework is a structural theory of the relation of six core aesthetic concepts. With Benjamin’s systematic analysis in hand, the paper advances an argument about the manifestation of those core aspects and their interrelation in our own historical moment. The aim of the paper is thus to extract a rich and comprehensive theory of the work of art from Benjamin’s essay and to indicate the power of this theory through its continuing ability to illuminate the dense imbrication of aesthetics and politics

Distribution (mathematics · Mathematical analysis · Work (physics · Computer Science · Digital Media and Visual Art · Engineering · Mathematics · Visual Culture and Art Theory · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation · Mechanical Engineering