L’objet de l’art : Cassirer et Fiedler
This paper aims to understand why Ernst Cassirer never published his short but far-reaching reflections on Konrad Fiedler’s theory of art. While both thinkers do share a vision of art as a way to shape (and not simply to imitate) reality, I suggest that they have very different conceptions of artist...
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| Language: | deu |
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Presses universitaires de Strasbourg
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Recherches Germaniques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rg/7583 |
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| Summary: | This paper aims to understand why Ernst Cassirer never published his short but far-reaching reflections on Konrad Fiedler’s theory of art. While both thinkers do share a vision of art as a way to shape (and not simply to imitate) reality, I suggest that they have very different conceptions of artistic objectivity: Cassirer emphasises the symbolic (and therefore cultural) nature of the work of art; Fiedler focuses on the creative process itself, conceived of as an endless elucidation of visibility. In so doing, I demonstrate that Fiedler’s doctrine is not fully compatible with the philosophy of symbolic forms – hence perhaps Cassirer’s reluctance to address the issue publicly. |
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| ISSN: | 0399-1989 2649-860X |