On the Dialectic of Modern and Postmodern: Following Adorno's Critical Rationality

Author: (German) Wilmers / Yin Wen
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book consists of four lectures by the author. The thematic interconnection of these lectures is: What role does art play in the process of challenging the dominant modern rationality. The author argues that art is not a paradigm of a higher form of rationality, but rather a means to help us break through the boundaries of rational understanding; art does not represent a better overall understanding, but rather represents the possibility of expanding the boundaries of the subject, interaction, and experience.