What Can We Ask of Art? A Reading of Heidegger and Benjamin
Document Type
Panel Presentation
Keywords
aesthetics, philosophy, history
Biography
Thomas Donovan is a native of Huntington WV. He is interested in philosophy, art and literature. He wants to do things that are interesting and meaningful.
Major
Humanities (PHL) and English
Advisor for this project
Dr. Jeff Powell
Abstract
1935 is something of the landmark year for continental aesthetics, seeing the writing of Martin Heidegger's "The Origin of the Work of Art" and Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." Revisiting and rereading these essays, I aim to explore the question "what can we ask of art?" and what does it tell us about history, modernity, and ourselves.
What Can We Ask of Art? A Reading of Heidegger and Benjamin
1935 is something of the landmark year for continental aesthetics, seeing the writing of Martin Heidegger's "The Origin of the Work of Art" and Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." Revisiting and rereading these essays, I aim to explore the question "what can we ask of art?" and what does it tell us about history, modernity, and ourselves.
