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The New Aesthetics of Deculturation: Neoliberalism, Fundamentalism and Kitsch

Autor Thorsten Botz-Bornstein Prefață de Olivier Roy
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 aug 2019
What are the predominant aesthetics of the twenty-first century? Thorsten Botz-Bornstein argues that deculturation, embodied by the conspicuous vulgarity of kitsch, is the overriding visual language of our times.Drawing on the work of Islam scholar Olivier Roy, who argued that religious fundamentalism arises when religion is separated from the indigenous cultural values, Botz-Bornstein shows that the production of 'absolute' truths through deculturation also exists in contemporary education. The neoliberal environment has separated learning from culture by emphasizing standardization and quantified learning outcomes. In a globalized environment, the idea of culture is no longer available as a referent; instead we are taught to rely on the culturally neutral term 'excellence'. For Botz-Bornstein, this is an absolute value similar to the 'truth' of religious fundamentalists. Similarly, kitsch is what happens when aesthetic values are separated from cultural contexts. Kitsch is aesthetic fundamentalism. Kitsch aesthetics are an aesthetics of excellence. The consumption of kitsch can be understood as an intrinsically narcissistic impulse, reinforced by social media, individuals recycling their own selves without being confronted with the culture of the "other." The existence of self-centred "alternative truths", fake news and conspiracy theories and selfies are linked together in the fundamentalism-neoliberalism-kitsch pattern. Including analysis of the intersections of 'cute', 'excellent', 'sublime', and 'interesting' in contemporary aesthetic culture, this is a journey through philosophy, psychology and cultural theory, redefining a new aesthetics of deculturation.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350086340
ISBN-10: 1350086347
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Preface by Olivier Roy, professor of political science at the European Institute in Florence, Italy and eminent writer on political Islam

Notă biografică

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait.

Cuprins

Introduction: Fundamentalism, Neoliberalism, Kitsch1. A Religion of Excellence2. Kitsch: An Alternative Aesthetic Truth3. A Culture of Narcissism4. Cute, Excellent, Sublime, Interesting5. Can Liberalism be Saved?6. Three Anti-Liberalists: Burckhard, Meinecke, Evola7. The Narcissistic Culture of QuantificationConclusionBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

This bold and laudably readable defense of the humanities links both the market worship of the neoliberal right and the empty relativism of the left to the abandonment of culture in kitsch. Even more, it offers clever and detailed analyses of a full range of contemporary sensibilities.