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Justin Kaushall considers Adorno’s argument that radical art radically changes consciousness.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/129/Can_Art_Fight_Fascism

Philosophy Now wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:50 pm Justin Kaushall considers Adorno’s argument that radical art radically changes consciousness.

https://philosophynow.org/issues/129/Ca ... ht_Fascism

Or: Can Art Sustain Fascism?

Both I guess! Perhaps neither! Read to find out the truth!

Art as such, art conceived as the abstract umbrella concept, can defeat fascism, because, when you think about art as such, you are automatically forced to remember your limits, your distance from reality and from truth: art as such means subjectivity.
Instead, the particular, single works of art can be blind: even fascism itself can make impressive works of art. But fascism is unable to reflect, to think about art as such, because this would be self-destructive for fascism.