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Autonomy - The Social Ontology of Art under Capitalism (Hardcover)
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Autonomy - The Social Ontology of Art under Capitalism (Hardcover)
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In Autonomy Nicholas Brown theorizes the historical and theoretical
argument for art's autonomy from its acknowledged character as a
commodity. Refusing the position that the distinction between art
and the commodity has collapsed, Brown demonstrates how art can, in
confronting its material determinations, suspend the logic of
capital by demanding interpretive attention. He applies his
readings of Marx, Hegel, Adorno, and Jameson to a range of
literature, photography, music, television, and sculpture, from
Cindy Sherman's photography and the novels of Ben Lerner and
Jennifer Egan to The Wire and the music of the White Stripes. He
demonstrates that through their attention and commitment to form,
such artists turn aside the determination posed by the demand of
the market, thereby defeating the foreclosure of meaning entailed
in commodification. In so doing, he offers a new theory of art that
prompts a rethinking of the relationship between art, critical
theory, and capitalism.
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