Arthur Danto and the Political Re-Enfranchisement of Art

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_643
dc.title	Arthur Danto and the Political Re-Enfranchisement of Art
dc.contributor.author	Carroll Noël
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/venezia-arti/2016/1/arthur-danto-and-the-political-re-enfranchisement/
dc.description.abstract	A recurring theme of Arthur Danto’s philosophy of art is that of the philosophical disenfranchisement of art. This is Danto’s version of the Ancient Quarrel between poetry and philosophy. In terms of cultural politics, philosophers – since Socrates met Ion – have attempted to demote the authority of poets (and, by extension, artists in general). Philosophers have sought to achieve this by means of a number of strategies – from the denial that art can provide knowledge to the idea that art is detached from the practical, including the political, life of the culture at large. Danto’s own ‘end of art’ thesis may be the most recent variation on this motif. However, even if Danto’s philosophy of art history contributes to the philosophical disenfranchisement of art, Danto’s philosophy of art can be interpreted as a way of re-enfranchising art politically.
dc.relation.ispartof	Venezia Arti
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 25 \| December 2016
dc.issued	2016-12-20
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-2720
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2385-2720/VA-25-16-1
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Arthur Danto
dc.subject	Arthur Danto
dc.subject	Philosophical disenfranchisement
dc.subject	Philosophical disenfranchisement
dc.subject	Philosophy of art
dc.subject	Philosophy of art

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Noël Carroll City University of New York, USA

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A recurring theme of Arthur Danto’s philosophy of art is that of the philosophical disenfranchisement of art. This is Danto’s version of the Ancient Quarrel between poetry and philosophy. In terms of cultural politics, philosophers – since Socrates met Ion – have attempted to demote the authority of poets (and, by extension, artists in general). Philosophers have sought to achieve this by means of a number of strategies – from the denial that art can provide knowledge to the idea that art is detached from the practical, including the political, life of the culture at large. Danto’s own ‘end of art’ thesis may be the most recent variation on this motif. However, even if Danto’s philosophy of art history contributes to the philosophical disenfranchisement of art, Danto’s philosophy of art can be interpreted as a way of re-enfranchising art politically.

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Dec. 20, 2016

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Keywords: Arthur Danto • Philosophical disenfranchisement • Philosophy of art

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