ARTA CA FORMĂ DE REZISTENŢĂ FAŢĂ DE „TOTALA ORBIRE SOCIALĂ” ÎN VIZIUNEA LUI ADORNO
Art as a form of resistance to the “total social blinding” in Adorno’s view

Summary/Abstract: Following Adorno and Horkheimer’s steps, this study will shed light upon several ways in which the “culture industry” generates a mass blindness that transforms people into submissive and gullible individuals. According to Adorno, truthful art, one that would always encompass a certain social moment, is a form of resistance to this blinding. Subsequently, I will take into consideration Jauss’s critique on Adorno's aesthetic negativity and the fact that N. Hartmann’s concept of “meta-aesthetical secret” could be a better way to understand how art can be both autonomous and spread its roots deep into society. Although it may be true that the culture industry poses a great danger to society and also that there is an urgent need of critical thinking in the present times, Adorno’s view casts a shadow over both the aesthetic experience and the artistic creativity. Finally, I will address the question about the continuity of Adorno’s thoughts in the contemporary art.

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