The Problematic Nature of Meaning of Art: Jan Patočka on the Meaning of Modern and Contemporary Art

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Problematic Nature of Meaning of Art: Jan Patočka on the Meaning of Modern and Contemporary Art

Original language description

The article deals with the relation between Jan Patočka's approach to the meaning of life and things and his thoughts on art. First, I point to Patočka's concept of the 'shakiness' of accepted or putatively secure meaning. This shakiness, which ensues from an explicit relation to being, enables new perspective to one to conceive true meaning not as obvious or definitive and secured, but as meaning that consists in the 'seeking of being', which both enables every conceivable meaning and then shakes it up. Further, I discuss Patočka's reflections on the difference between meaning in traditional art and meaning in modern art. Whereas traditional art 'narrates' objective, binding, and general meaning, modern art expresses subjective, individual meaning. Plurality of meanings expressed by modern artworks reflects the fact that these artworks are the result of the 'outpouring of being'. In this context, I also emphasize Patočka's idea that the irreducible plurality of meanings of modern art

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

AL - Art, architecture, cultural heritage

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0138" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0138: Research Center for the Theory and History of Science</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

SGEM2015 Conference Proceedings

ISBN

978-619-7105-49-0

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

781-788

Publisher name

STEF92

Place of publication

Sofia

Event location

Albena

Event date

Aug 26, 2015

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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