Scholars Respond to 1975 Text on Art, Class Struggle, and Literary Production
ARTMargins Online has unveiled a new collection reflecting on a 1975 essay that explores the intersection of art, society, and class struggle. This anonymous piece, originally published in the Slovenian journal Problemi-Razprave, has inspired insights from five scholars specializing in philosophy, literary theory, Marxism, and regional studies of Latin America and Asia. They investigate themes such as the influence of art and literature on social contexts, structuralist perspectives on class conflict, and the evolution of art critique and historiography since the 1960s. Access to this compilation requires a subscription through MIT Press.
Key facts
- Dossier compiles responses to anonymously published 1975 text
- Five scholars contributed from philosophy, literary theory, Marxism, Latin American and Asian studies
- Original text published in Slovenian journal Problemi-Razprave
- First partial translation appeared in ARTMargins October 2016
- Responses address art and literature as signifying practices after modernist autonomy
- Class struggle examined within structuralist framework
- Implications for art critique and historiography since the 1960s
- Article available at MIT Press with subscription-only access
Entities
Institutions
- ARTMargins Online
- Problemi-Razprave
- MIT Press
Locations
- Slovenia