Galvano Della Volpe was the dominant philosopher of Italian Marxism for twenty years after the Liberation. His most important book was a work of aesthetic theory-Critique of Taste. Della Volpe, proponent of a robust materialism in all his writings, was concerned to rehabilitate the inherently rational and intellectual nature of art. Opposing both the sociological reductionism of Plekhanov or Lukacs, and the formalist irrationalism of Croce or New Criticism, Della Volpe’s aim was to demonstrate that conceptual meaning is always inseparable from aesthetic effect. Critique of Taste represents one of the major crossroads of twentieth-century aesthetics.

Details

Type

Book

Place of publication

London

Publisher

Verso

Year

1991

Number of pages

272 pages

Language

English

ISBN

0860915654

Open stacks or available on request

Available on request

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

103 Vol

Volumes

1

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