Detotalising or meaninglessness : on the continued relevance of poststructuralism for postmodern art and culture

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dc.contributor.author Potgieter, Frikkie
dc.date.accessioned 2009-05-28T08:26:19Z
dc.date.available 2009-05-28T08:26:19Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description.abstract This article analyses how the poststructuralist deconstruction of fixed knowledge and universal experiences, presents itself in two opposing ethical positions in postmodernist art and culture. On the one hand the deconstruction of “absolute” knowledge and a universal, timeless aesthetic regulation can lead to liberation, but on the other, the deconstruction of such secure principles could lead to meaninglessness. en_US
dc.description.abstract Hierdie artikel analiseer hoe die poststruktualistiese dekonstruksie van standvastige kennis en universele ervarings, sigself in twee opponerende etiese posisies in postmoderne kuns en kultuur manifesteer. Aan die een kant kan die dekonstruksie van “absolute” kennis en ‘n universele, tydlose esteties regulering tot bevryding aanleiding gee, maar aan die ander kant kan die dekonstruksie van sulke standvastige prinsipes tot betekenisloosheid lei. af
dc.identifier.citation Potgieter, F 2008, 'Detotalising or meaninglessness: on the continued relevance of poststructuralism for postmodern art and culture', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 23, no.2, pp. 53-70. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-3542
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10240
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.rights Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.subject Detotalising en_US
dc.subject Fixed knowledge en
dc.subject Universal experiences en
dc.subject.lcsh Meaninglessness (Philosophy) en
dc.subject.lcsh Poststructuralism en
dc.subject.lcsh Deconstruction en
dc.subject.lcsh Postmodernism en
dc.subject.lcsh Liberty -- Philosophy en
dc.title Detotalising or meaninglessness : on the continued relevance of poststructuralism for postmodern art and culture en_US
dc.title.alternative Detotalisasie of betekenisloosheid : oor die voortdurende relevansie van die poststrukturalisme vir postmoderne kuns en kultuur. af
dc.type Article en_US


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