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1、THEMEMORYANDEXPECTATIONOFAESTHETICS:ASTUDYOFADORNO‟SAESTHETICTHEORYAthesissubmittedtoMiddlesexUniversityinpartialfulfilmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofDoctorofPhilosophyAlanMcPhersonBA.,MATheSchoolofArtsandEducationMiddlesexUniversityOctober2009ABSTRACTAla

2、nMcPhersonTitle:TheMemoryandExpectationofAesthetics:AStudyofAdorno’sAestheticTheoryThisstudyaimstoclarifytheunderlyingconceptualstructureofAdorno‟stheoreticalpositionwithregardtobothphilosophyandartandtoexaminetheexpectationofphilosophicalaesthetics.Iintroduc

3、eAestheticTheoryfromamorphologicalpointofviewandclaimthattheformandstructureofthisunfinishedtextrevealsagreatdealaboutthebook,asitexemplifiesAdorno‟stheoryofmeaning.IclaimthatforAdornodialecticisbetterthoughtofnotinitsHegelianformbutasaKantianantinomy.Thisisb

4、ecausethedialecticaloppositionsheidentifiescannotberesolvedunderthecapitalistconditionsoftheadministeredworld.Iclaimthatphilosophyunderstoodastheconstructionofaformoftotality,theconstellation,providesthekeytounderstandingAdorno‟stheoryofmeaning.Thistheorycons

5、istsofthreelinkedconcepts:midpoint,constellationandparataxis.IfurtherclaimthatforAdornoartandphilosophyarestructuredinthesameway.Adornohasineffectdevelopedaconceptionofartthatdependsforitsultimatejustificationontheconceptofrankasexplicatedbythecompletionofthe

6、workofartbyphilosophy.Artandtheoryarethusentwinedinamimeticrelationship.IclaimthereisatemporaldichotomyatthecentreofAdorno‟sconceptionoftheworkofart,thatitisbothtransientandabsolute.Thisantinomyiswhatmakestheworkofartaparadoxicallyabsolutecommoditypreciselybe

7、causeAdorno‟sconceptoftheworkofartismodelledonthecommodityform.IclaimthatAdorno‟sconceptionoftheartworkasaninstantisclearlycloselyrelated,inastructuralandconceptualsense,tohisconceptionofhowphilosophyworks.TruthforAdornoisalwayslocatedinthepresentinstant.Myte

8、xtualanalysisleadsmetoclaimthatforAdornoautopianelementisinvolvedinwritinganegativedialecticaltext.Finally,Iclaimthatatheoryoftheartforminallitsdifferenttypologiesisbestsuitedtocarryoutde