The Work of Art in the Age of Its Digital Distribution

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ID3774558
AutoresJ P Deranty (0000-0003-3860-4371, Department of Philosophy, Level 2, The Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia, autor de correspondencia), Jean-Philippe Deranty, Michael J Olson (0000-0003-3264-1454, Department of Philosophy, Marquette Hall, 1217 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA)
Año2019
Volumen24
Número5
Páginas104-123
Fecha de publicación2019-09-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAngelaki (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0969725x.2019.1655278
OpenAlexW2973125255
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas15

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