Aesthetics of Equivalence
Baier, Simon / Klammer, Markus
The volume considers the relationship between contemporary art and the economy from art theoretical and philosophical perspectives. The eponymous term »equivalence« draws on three main sources: firstly, it refers to the 18th-century notion of the aesthetic and the arts as a social field in which the equality of people is not simply a postulate but can be directly felt and perceived, secondly, it builds on the Marxian definition of the »equival...