Autonomy: The Social Ontology of Art Under Capitalism

In Autonomy Nicholas Brown theorizes the historical and theoretical argument for art's autonomy from its acknowledged character...
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Autonomy: The Social Ontology of Art Under Capitalism by Brown, Nicholas

Autonomy: The Social Ontology of Art Under Capitalism

$93.05

Autonomy: The Social Ontology of Art Under Capitalism

$93.05
Author: Nicholas Brown
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Nicholas Brown
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 04/30/2019
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781478001591


Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2019

About the Author
Nicholas Brown is Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, author of Utopian Generations: The Political Horizon of Twentieth-Century Literature, and coeditor of Contemporary Marxist Theory: A Reader.

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