The Necessity of Over-interpretation: Adorno, the Essay, and the Gesture of Aesthetic Experience
This article is a discussion of Theodor W. Adorno’s comment, in the beginning of ‘The Essay as Form’, that interpretations of essays are over-interpretations. I argue that this statement is programmatic, and should be understood in the light of Adorno’s essayistic ideal of configuration, his notion...
Main Author: | Anders Johansson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Helsinki University Press
2013-11-01
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Series: | Estetika |
Online Access: | https://estetikajournal.org/articles/107 |
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