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Possibilità dell'aura tra arte e musica. Appunti su Benjamin e Adorno

Leonardo V. Distaso

pp. 69-80

In Paris, metropolis of xix century, Benjamin traces the new paradigm of modernity: the modern theatrical dimension corresponds to the artistic innovations and to the reproduction of aesthetical requests. Entfremdung and Neutralisierung are the main characters of the Ästhetisierung and they are one with the distraction as principle of reception and the conformism as principle of valuation. This is the context of the aura’s decline. The Adorno’s critical essay on the radio (1963) analyses the transformation of works of art in cultural gifts and, in particular, the loss of autonomy of the musical work of art in the radio listening. The Adorno’s remarks recognize the historical character of aura and a new possibility that it can re-emerge in a new historical dimension of the music.

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DOI: 10.4000/estetica.1605

Full citation:

Distaso, L. (2013). Possibilità dell'aura tra arte e musica. Appunti su Benjamin e Adorno. Rivista di estetica 52, pp. 69-80.

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