The interpretation of the spanish philosopher about the relation between the contemporary art and its public controversial reception, is a subject of great importance today. Francisco fernandez jimenez do you want to learn spanish. The dehumanization of art and other essays on art, culture, and literature. In the essay, originally published in spanish in 1925.
For ortega y gasset, philosophy has a critical duty gassrt lay siege to beliefs in order to promote new ideas and to explain reality. The dehumanization of art and other essays on art, culture. This composition includes three more essays in addition to ortega s original work. Ortega y gasset, escritor y filosofo espanol nacido en madrid en 1883. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The dehumanization of art and other essays on art, culture and literature book.
He worked during the first half of the 20th century, while spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism, and dictatorship. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that. No work of spanish philosopher and essayist jos ortega y gasset has been more frequently cited, admired, or criticized than his defense of modernism, the dehumanization of art. His philosophy has been characterized as a philosophy of life that comprised a longhidden beginning in a pragmatist metaphysics. The interpretation of the spanish philosopher about the relation between the contemporary art and its public controversial reception, is a. In the essay, originally published in spanish in 1925, ortega grappled philosophically with the newness of nonrepresentational art and sought to make it more. The dehumanization of art, and other essays, ortega y gasset when i bought this book, the title sounded to me as something negative that art was, according to ortega, undergoing, its dehumanization.
No work of spanish philosopher and essayist jose ortega y gasset has been more frequently cited, admired, or criticized than his defense of modernism, the dehumanization of art. Princeton published the first english translation of the essay paired with another entitled notes on the novel. Three essays were later added to make an expanded edition, published in 1968, under the title the dehumanization of art and other essays on art, culture and literature. This composition includes three more essays in addition to ortegas original work.