Article ID: CBB804298788

Adorno and Schelling on the Art–Nature Relation (2018)

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When it comes to the relationship between art and nature, research on Adorno’s aesthetics usually centres on his discussion of Kant and Hegel. While this reflects Adorno’s own position – his comprehension of this relationship is to a large extent developed through a critical re-reading of both the Kantian and the Hegelian position – I argue that we are able to gain important insights into Adorno’s aesthetics and the central art–nature relation by reading his ideas in the light of Schelling’s conception of this relationship. The article focuses on the similarities between Schelling’s notion of nature’s productivity and Adorno’s understanding of natural beauty. It concludes with a discussion on Adorno’s re-evaluation of the reconciliatory power of the exemplary unity of the artwork in conjunction with Schelling’s comparison between artwork and organism, as well as his concept of the construction of nature.

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Authors & Contributors
Steigerwald, Joan
Franks, Paul
Fincham, Richard Mark
Stovall, Preston
Forrester, Stefan
Thomas Khurana
Concepts
Philosophy
Nature
Science
Idealism (philosophy)
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Aesthetics
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Germany
Americas
United States
Great Britain
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