TOLSTOY’S THEORY OF ART AS AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PROPOSAL

Abstract:

In this text, I briefly present Tolstoy’s theory of art and argue that many of the criticisms it receives derive from an erroneous interpretation of his concept of “feeling” as a subjective state, which does not seem to be the meaning that Tolstoy intends for this term. Then I propose a reading of his artistic moralism from an anthropology that opposes some of the processes of modernity, especially the aesthetic reduction of the arts and their specific connection with pleasure.

Año de publicación:

2022

Keywords:

• Contagion
• art theory
• feeling
• Anthropology
• Tolstoi

Fuente:

scopus