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Marxist aesthetics is a theory of aesthetics based on, or derived from, the theories of Karl Marx.It involves a dialectical and materialist, or dialectical materialist, approach to the application of Marxism to the cultural sphere, specifically areas related to taste such as art, beauty, and so forth.
A maxim is thought to be part of an agent's thought process for every rational action, indicating in its standard form: (1) the action, or type of action; (2) the conditions under which it is to be done; and (3) the end or purpose to be achieved by the action, or the motive. The maxim of an action is often referred to as the agent's intention.
Since 2021 Maxim Kantor has been holding lectures on history and philosophy of art on the Youtube channel Maxim Kantor. He is a Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. He was offered a honorary degree in philosophy of Turin University. Maxim Kantor lives and works in France (Ile de Ré), Germany (Emden and Berlin) and UK (Oxford).
There are a few significant continuities between the Pre-Raphaelite philosophy and that of the Aesthetes: Dedication to the idea of 'Art for Art's Sake'; admiration of, and constant striving for, beauty; escapism through visual and literary arts; craftsmanship that is both careful and self-conscious; mutual interest in merging the arts of ...
Maxim Gorky, a proponent of literary socialist realism, published a famous article titled "Socialist Realism" in 1933. [15] During the Congress of 1934, four guidelines were laid out for socialist realism. [16] The work must be: Proletarian: art relevant to the workers and understandable to them. Typical: scenes of everyday life of the people.
Art historian Gao Minglu connects maximalism in Chinese visual art to the literary definition by describing the emphasis on "the spiritual experience of the artist in the process of creation as a self-contemplation outside and beyond the artwork itself...These artists pay more attention to the process of creation and the uncertainty of meaning ...
Maxime (Philosophy) A maxim is a groundrule or subjective principle of action. In that sense a maxim is a thought that can motivate individuals. As such it is used in ethics, but also in the military for example. An example of military maxims might be the 'Military maxims of Napoleon Bonaparte" [1].
Louis Pierre Althusser (UK: / ˌ æ l t ʊ ˈ s ɛər /, US: / ˌ ɑː l t uː ˈ s ɛər /; [4] French:; 16 October 1918 – 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher who studied at the École normale supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became Professor of Philosophy.