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

dc.contributor.authorPotgieter, Frikkie
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T08:26:19Z
dc.date.available2009-05-28T08:26:19Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis 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.abstractHierdie 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.citationPotgieter, 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.issn0258-3542
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/10240
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.subjectDetotalisingen_US
dc.subjectFixed knowledgeen
dc.subjectUniversal experiencesen
dc.subject.lcshMeaninglessness (Philosophy)en
dc.subject.lcshPoststructuralismen
dc.subject.lcshDeconstructionen
dc.subject.lcshPostmodernismen
dc.subject.lcshLiberty -- Philosophyen
dc.titleDetotalising or meaninglessness : on the continued relevance of poststructuralism for postmodern art and cultureen_US
dc.title.alternativeDetotalisasie of betekenisloosheid : oor die voortdurende relevansie van die poststrukturalisme vir postmoderne kuns en kultuur.af
dc.typeArticleen_US

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