Autonomy: The Social Ontology of Art Under Capitalism

by Nicholas Brown and Nicholas Brown

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478001593
• ISBN13: 9781478001591
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"