Episode 136: Adorno on the Culture Industry
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Tension Between Form and Matter in Art
The tension is between form and matter, right? Form and subject matter. The moment in the work of art by which it transcends reality cannot indeed be severed from style. That's a really interesting and offhand description that deserves like a whole chapter by itself to decode this. But what it sounds like is you're trying to express an emotion. And so let's say you use the blues. What would be bad about the way style gets applied now?
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