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1、ART,MIMESISANDTHEAVANT-GARDEWhatistherelationshipbetweenphilosophyandart?Thisbookattemptstoreworkthetaskofphilosophyintermsofthecentralityofontology.Itisinrelationtothiscentrality,understoodthroughthedifferencesbetweenmodesofbeing,thatart,mimesisandtheavant-gardecometobepresented.Afundamentalpa
2、rtofthisbookistheoriginalinterpretationofimportantcontemporarypaintersandtheirpaintings:LucianFreud’sself-portraits,FrancisBacon’suseofmirrors,R.B.KitajandJewishidentity,AnselmKieferandiconoclasm.Apartfrompainting,Benjaminconsidersarchitecture,literatureandthephilosophicalwritingsofWalterBenjam
3、inandDescartesinelaboratingthevariousaspectsofontologicaldifference.Thetheoryoftheavant-gardewhichisdevelopedinthebook,inwhichtheavant-gardeisaphilosophicalcategoryratherthanahistoricalmarker,isamajorcontributiontoartcriticism.Art,MimesisandtheAvant-Gardebringstheworldofcontemporaryartcriticism
4、andcontemporaryphilosophyclosertogether.Itwillappealtophilosophers,artcriticsandstudents,aswellastothoseinterestedinliterarystudiesandarchitecture.AndrewBenjaminlecturesinphilosophyattheUniversityofWarwick.HeistheauthorofTranslationandtheNatureofPhilosophy(1989)andWhatisDeconstruction?(1988,wit
5、hChristopherNorris),andhaseditedseveralcollectionsincludingPost-structuralistClassics(1988)andProblemsofModernity:AdornoandBenjamin(1989),bothintheWarwickStudiesinPhilosophyandLiteratureseriespublishedbyRoutledge.ART,MIMESISANDTHEAVANT-GARDEAspectsofaphilosophyofdifferenceAndrewBenjaminLondonan
6、dNewYorkFirstpublished1991byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EEThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2005.“TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollectionofthousandsofeBookspleasegotowww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRout
7、ledgeadivisionofRoutledge,ChapmanandHall,Inc.29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001©1991AndrewBenjaminAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorher
