Дехуманизираният човек срещу дехуманизираното изкуство
Dehumanized Man against Dehumanized Art

Summary/Abstract: The author explores Ortega-y-Gasset’s contradictory attitude to modern art. As a possible reason for this ambivalence, we propose the assumption that, lying at the foundation of modern art is the same impulse that leads to the emergence and domination of “mass-man”. We consider Ortega’s interest in aesthetic issues as a way of exploring the unique transformation of the self-assertive hermetic vitality that Modernity experiences. The text focuses not on the purely aesthetic features of modern art, but on its ability to move beyond the boundaries of aesthetics in general, and the consequences of this movement. We claim that dehumanization is a historically determined means of derealization and that the path modern art chooses to return to its ontological essence is indicative of the spirit of the age in general.

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