CMLT 58910 Aesthetics and Politics
Crosslistings
CMST 58910, ENGL 58910, TAPS 58910
Aesthetics and Politics: Adorno, Benjamin, Bloch, Brecht, Lowenthal, Lukacs, …
This PhD seminar will build on the work covered in Marxism and Modern Culture to examine in more detail and where possible in the original German the arguments about the intersections and frictions between aesthetics and politics in high, middle, and mass cultural forms of literature, performance, film and other media, in the work of the above theorists.
Consent required, please email the professor, Loren Kruger (lkruger@uchicago.edu) by Friday, March 17th with details about your program, and preparation to take the course.
Prerequisites
PhD Seminar: Marxism or equivalent grad training; German desirable