The Artwork as a Force Field: Theodor W. Adorno’s Aesthetic Configuration of Antagonisms
In this paper, my purpose is to take into serious consideration Adorno’s explicit conception of the artwork as a force field. With this expression he intends to emphasize the inner constitution of the artwork as a movement of antagonistic tensions, a dynamic of elements that are not simply juxtapose...
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| description | In this paper, my purpose is to take into serious consideration Adorno’s explicit conception of the artwork as a force field. With this expression he intends to emphasize the inner constitution of the artwork as a movement of antagonistic tensions, a dynamic of elements that are not simply juxtaposed, but dialectically interacting with one another. In a similar configuration, the aesthetic experience of the artwork consists in letting their friction explode to its extreme, achieving a balance which remains nevertheless substantially precarious and inconclusive, ready to be immediately set in motion again. Thanks to the aesthetic trait of the force field, these tensions are brought to unity in a way that it does not suppress the enactment of antagonisms, but keeps their multiplicity alive: Homer’s tale of Penelope as an allegory of art. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7ae4f958b42449e989fcbca3266b7e762025-08-20T03:58:14ZdeuBabeș-Bolyai UniversityStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philosophia2065-94072023-11-0168Special Issue10.24193/subbphil.2023.sp.iss.05The Artwork as a Force Field: Theodor W. Adorno’s Aesthetic Configuration of AntagonismsElettra VILLANI0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5079-2147PhD student, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy. Email: elettra.villani2@unibo.itIn this paper, my purpose is to take into serious consideration Adorno’s explicit conception of the artwork as a force field. With this expression he intends to emphasize the inner constitution of the artwork as a movement of antagonistic tensions, a dynamic of elements that are not simply juxtaposed, but dialectically interacting with one another. In a similar configuration, the aesthetic experience of the artwork consists in letting their friction explode to its extreme, achieving a balance which remains nevertheless substantially precarious and inconclusive, ready to be immediately set in motion again. Thanks to the aesthetic trait of the force field, these tensions are brought to unity in a way that it does not suppress the enactment of antagonisms, but keeps their multiplicity alive: Homer’s tale of Penelope as an allegory of art.https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/6666Adorno – force field – antagonisms |
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