SNU Center for Arts and Culture Research 153th Thursday Colloquium - Prominent International Scholar Guest Lecture <Rethinking Hegel's Modern Conception of Art>
* Date/Time : 2022. 10. 27. (Thu) 16:00-18:00
* Venue : SNU College of Humanities Bldg. #14 Room 105
Online Zoom (Link for Zoom : https://snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/
(The Lecture is held both in-person and online)
* Lecturer : Georg W. Bertram (Free University of Berlin)
* Lecture Overview
The end of art is its beginning. This seems to be a contradiction. And, even more, it seems to contradict the claims of the most prominent representative of the end-of-art thesis, Hegel. Hegel’s conception of art, so it seems, tells us that art long passed its apex on the path to modernity. In his view, the end of art has to be understood as a symptom of the necessary decay of art, which is rooted in art’s systematic relation to religion and philosophy. Put differently, Hegel seems to hold the view that art cannot be the most important form of self-expression for a modern society, which is to say, for a society characterized by individualism and plurality (to name only two important characteristics). The interpretation that his aesthetics prioritizes a classical understanding of art has incorrect aspects. Indeed, Hegel saw modern art as the paradigmatic mode of art and his aesthetics conceives of art as a particularly modern practice.
* Lecture Materials
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