Ortega y gasset remains an intellectual elitist and stresses that this enriching experience of art is available only to a few. For ortega y gasset, philosophy has a critical duty gassrt lay siege to beliefs in order to promote new ideas and to explain reality. Much of ortega y gassets work consists of course lectures published years after the fact, often posthumously. The basis of this radical social effect of art in the first decades of the twentieth century was, first and foremost, the break with tradition. Brief introduction to the thought of ortega y gasset.
For ortega, phenomenology meant giving up positivism, natualism and realism to discover the world of things which i must be. The american philosopher graham harman has recognized ortega y gasset as a source of inspiration for his own objectoriented ontology. For ortega y gasset, art was one of the most significant sociocreative factors. Revolt of the masses 1930 he urges that countries should be ruled by the intellectual elite to avoid the decaying influence of mob control on the arts and government. Ortega y gasset jose 1925 1972 the dehumanization of art. Dehumanised art, according to ortega y gasset, also meant the flight of artists from forms reflecting life. Indubitably since 1800 philosophy has progressively ceased to be a component of general culture and hence a present historical factor. Elsewhere, in the origin of philosophy ortega y gasset 1967, pp. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. This means that art is essentially artistic art, that is, derealization of reality and realization of irrealit. Much of ortega y gasset s work consists of course lectures published years after the fact, often posthumously.
Thus, the spanish philosopher is close to the postmodern recognition of art as a free andeasy intertextual game. Authentication ends after about 15 minutues of inactivity, or when you explicitly choose to end it. Organized by ortega y gasset projects codirector eleanna anagnos. The revolt of the masses jose ortegay gassett ortega y gasset, jose 18831955 spanish philosopher, essayist, and critic. Therefore, the spanish philosopher proposes a system wherein the basic or radical reality is my life the first yowhich consists of i the second yo and my circumstance mi circunstancia. Remote work advice from the largest allremote company.
Environmental education resources to commemorate earth days 50th anniversary. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Much of ortegas work can be understood as a response to. Curated by ortega y gasset projects codirector lauren frances adams and jennifer coates. Ortega y gassets meditations on quixote is important for the transmission of phenomenology into literary criticism. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ortega y gasset jose 1925 1972 the dehumanization of. November december, 2015 on the fence finish flag eleanor aldrich, catherine haggarty, becky kolsrud.