the cathartic effect of textuality

Interview. (Post)Modern Aesthetics on Trial: Revisiting a Century of Avant-Gardes

Aleš Erjavec, Oana Șerban   Abstract   This interview is inspired the most important working-hypothesis presented in the volume Aesthetic Revolutions and the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Movements, edited by Aleš Erjavec, that questions the legitimacy of the distinction between aesthetic and artistic avant-gardes, supported by the relationship of each concept with the modern revolutionary politics. The … [Read more…]

St. Anthim the Iberian: The Ethos and Poetics of the Enlightenment

Anastasia Zakariadze, Irakli Brachuli   Abstract The ethos of the Enlightenment implies the recognition of the primacy of an autonomous Cogito. It also implies the recognition of the primacy of so-called “genius” – the power of proper imagination of unconditional free game. The study shows that St. Anthim the Iberian’s poetics, in his artistic creativity, … [Read more…]