Ideology, humanness, and value. On Adorno’s Stravinsky
Theodor W. Adorno’s critique of Igor Stravinsky has itself been repeatedly criticised. Following the same line, the present article takes as its point of departure the philosophical anthropology of Helmuth Plessner, which challenges the premises of Marxist anthropology, on which Adorno base...
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| description | Theodor W. Adorno’s critique of Igor Stravinsky has itself been repeatedly
criticised. Following the same line, the present article takes as its point
of departure the philosophical anthropology of Helmuth Plessner, which
challenges the premises of Marxist anthropology, on which Adorno based his
critique of Stravinsky. Far from regressing to the inhuman and primitive,
Stravinsky’s music affirms, in historically adequate modern terms, the
constitutive reflectivity of the human embodied condition, thus becoming
more “human”, i.e. meaningful and expressive, than Adorno could have even
conceived. Additionally, an account is provided of some groundbreaking
musical qualities that underpin the artistic value of Stravinsky’s music,
which Adorno also contested. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-478b26756ecb4de7bbe047071173c0612023-08-09T12:42:28ZengSerbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Institute of Musicology of Serbian Academy of Sciences and ArtsMuzikologija1450-98142406-09762023-01-012023349510710.2298/MUZ2334095T1450-98142334095TIdeology, humanness, and value. On Adorno’s StravinskyTsetsos Markos0National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department for Music Studies, Athens, GreeceTheodor W. Adorno’s critique of Igor Stravinsky has itself been repeatedly criticised. Following the same line, the present article takes as its point of departure the philosophical anthropology of Helmuth Plessner, which challenges the premises of Marxist anthropology, on which Adorno based his critique of Stravinsky. Far from regressing to the inhuman and primitive, Stravinsky’s music affirms, in historically adequate modern terms, the constitutive reflectivity of the human embodied condition, thus becoming more “human”, i.e. meaningful and expressive, than Adorno could have even conceived. Additionally, an account is provided of some groundbreaking musical qualities that underpin the artistic value of Stravinsky’s music, which Adorno also contested.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-9814/2023/1450-98142334095T.pdftheodor w. adornoigor stravinskyhelmuth plessnerphilosophical anthropologymusical value |
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| title | Ideology, humanness, and value. On Adorno’s Stravinsky |
| title_full | Ideology, humanness, and value. On Adorno’s Stravinsky |
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| title_short | Ideology, humanness, and value. On Adorno’s Stravinsky |
| title_sort | ideology humanness and value on adorno s stravinsky |
| topic | theodor w. adorno igor stravinsky helmuth plessner philosophical anthropology musical value |
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