Adorno's Aesthetic Theory as the Critique of Art in Society

Authors

  • Twana Abdulrahman Abdullah Department of Kurdish Language, College of Basic Education, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
  • Azad Hama Abdulla Department of Kindergarten, College of Basic Education, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26750/

Keywords:

Aesthetics, Culture Industry, Art Criticism, Autonomous Art.

Abstract

Although Adorno's philosophy represents more critical theory, but "Aesthetic theory” includes a broad view of criticism in many different fields, especially criticism of art, education and sociology. Adorno's critical view of art makes many contributions to contemporary argument, specifically his critique of art in modern and capitalism society. This investigation attempts to interpret art as critique of modern and contemporary capitalism society from Adorno's perspective, which is a focus on art criticism of society and then autonomous art as a strong alternative for alteration, with the rejection of traditional art and nonautonomous art. The study seeks to answer the following questions; what are aesthetics and autonomous art? Then, art as critique of modern and capitalism society with an interpretation of the culture industry and how to look at art, which is explained throughout the study in light of Adorno's philosophy.

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Published

2025-06-29

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Humanities & Social Sciences

How to Cite

Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory as the Critique of Art in Society. (2025). Journal of University of Raparin, 12(3), 96-117. https://doi.org/10.26750/