From paideia to transaesthetics : the concept of aestheticization and its significance in the digital age
This thesis addresses the problem of aestheticization and the concept's significance in the digital age. Chapter One outlines the origins of aesthetics and the different meanings of the term aestheticization, arguing that the concept of aestheticization goes back to the Greek concept of paideia on which the humanistic notion of Bildung is founded. Chapter Two discusses the concept of Bildung in more detail and examines Friedrich Schiller's call for aesthetic education of humankind as a quest for freedom through Bildung. It argues that Schiller's conception of aesthetic education goes back to the concept of Bildung as an aesthetic experience of freedom. His optimistic focus on aesthetics and the arts, as an integral part of the quest for freedom, was criticized by Isaiah Berlin. Thus, Chapter Three addresses his critique of the concept of positive freedom, as a quest for freedom through self-realization and artistic expression. Berlin warns that this conception of freedom can eventually turn against itself in a totalitarian manner. This also resonates in Walter Benjamin's famous critique of an aestheticization of politics. Benjamin's attack of the concept of aestheticization is akin to Berlin's mistrust of
Straczowski, Joanna Tamara Maria
From paideia to transaesthetics : the concept of aestheticization and its significance in the digital age. This thesis addresses the problem of aestheticization and the concept's significance in the digital age. Chapter One outlines the origins of aesthetics and the different meanings of the term aestheticization, arguing that the concept of aestheticization goes back to the Greek concept of paideia on which the humanistic notion of Bildung is founded. Chapter Two discusses the concept of Bildung in more detail and examines Friedrich Schiller's call for aesthetic education of humankind as a quest for freedom through Bildung. It argues that Schiller's conception of aesthetic education goes back to the concept of Bildung as an aesthetic experience of freedom. His optimistic focus on aesthetics and the arts, as an integral part of the quest for freedom, was criticized by Isaiah Berlin. Thus, Chapter Three addresses his critique of the concept of positive freedom, as a quest for freedom through self-realization and artistic expression. Berlin warns that this conception of freedom can eventually turn against itself in a totalitarian manner. This also resonates in Walter Benjamin's famous critique of an aestheticization of politics. Benjamin's attack of the concept of aestheticization is akin to Berlin's mistrust of
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