Unfinished Live
Unfinished Live is the preeminent convener of engaged citizens invested in our digital future. Taking place annually in September at The Shed in New York City, thousands of leading technologists, policymakers, impact and business leaders, artists, and youth join together as an unparalleled community of disruptive thinkers committed to shaping what’s next for the web. Curated content spanning several days focuses on our digital future and the new movements, governance, and technologies that will shape it. From mainstage talks, to workshops and masterclasses with leading experts, to interactive art installations, to live podcasts, Unfinished Live’s programming features an abundance of speakers and sessions.
The Aesthetic Imperative: Writings on Art 1st Edition
by Peter Sloterdijk (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
3.9 on Goodreads
31 ratings
In this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied forms: from music to architecture, light to movement, and design to typography. Moving between the visible and the invisible, the audible and the inaudible, his analyses span the centuries, from ancient civilizations to contemporary Hollywood. With great verve and insight he considers the key issues that have faced thinkers from Aristotle to Adorno, looking at art in its relation to ethics, metaphysics, society, politics, anthropology and the subject.
Sloterdijk explores a variety of topics, from the Greco-Roman invention of postcards to the rise of the capitalist art market, from the black boxes and white cubes of modernism to the growth of museums and memorial culture. In doing so, he extends his characteristic method of defamiliarization to transform the way we look at works of art and artistic movements. His bold and original approach leads us away from the well-trodden paths of conventional art history to develop a theory of aesthetics which rejects strict categorization, emphasizing instead the crucial importance of individual subjectivity as a counter to the latent dangers of collective culture.
This sustained reflection, at once playful, serious and provocative, goes to the very heart of Sloterdijk’s enduring philosophical preoccupation with the aesthetic. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of philosophy and aesthetics and will appeal to anyone interested in culture and the arts more generally.
korzacsol 