On the autonomy of the aesthetic: Witkin I versus Witkin II
Alexander, Jeffrey C.
Date: 2 October 2009
Article
Journal
Music and Arts in Action
Publisher
University of Exeter
Abstract
On this occasion we celebrate and deliberate the publication twenty years ago of
Robert Witkin’s “The Aesthetic Imperative of a Rational-Technical Machinery.” It is
a striking and richly textured essay. Witkin weaves together ambitious abstract
thinking, which takes off from the tradition of critical social theory, with a finegrained ...
On this occasion we celebrate and deliberate the publication twenty years ago of
Robert Witkin’s “The Aesthetic Imperative of a Rational-Technical Machinery.” It is
a striking and richly textured essay. Witkin weaves together ambitious abstract
thinking, which takes off from the tradition of critical social theory, with a finegrained sensibility closely attuned to the aesthetic dimension of everyday and
organizational life.
MAiA, Volume 2, Number 1
2009
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