Abstract

VIVEROS CHAVARRIA, Edison Francisco. An Approach to the Etho-Aesthetic Dimension in Marcuse. Between Furor and Serenity. Tópicos (México) [online]. 2021, n.61, pp.171-193.  Epub Feb 28, 2022. ISSN 0188-6649.  https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v0i61.1201.

The aim of this paper is to provide an approach to the etho-aesthetic dimension in Marcuse’s thought. The approach in this paper is built upon the following thesis: the etho-aesthetic dimension consists of the transformation of subjectivity based on artistic sensitivity and critical rationality from which social relations opposed to an advanced industrial society and its one-dimensional man are reconstructed materially and intellectually. The conclusion is the following: a Marcusian critical theory, inherited from Marx and Schiller, would be one capable of analyzing the potential qualitative changes of the subjects and social institutions to generate a higher level of rational development, equitable in the distribution of resources and in the generation of greater spaces of freedom. Its basis would be an etho-aesthetic attitude that does not take pleasure in squandering, but in the reflective experience of the sensible.

Keywords : political philosophy; ethics; aesthetics; Marcuse; critical theory.

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