MARXIST CRITICISM, THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL AND WALTER BENJAMIN

Marxist literary criticism has been developed on the basis of Marxist political ideas. Even though Marx makes important statements about culture and society in the 1850s Marxist criticism is a phenomenon that came into being in the twentieth century. According to Marx, the ideology, politics, and ar...

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Autores principales:	Erdinç DURMUŞ, Bülent ALAN
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8283af03ef994cafb85ff3400668ddd02021-11-24T09:20:47ZMARXIST CRITICISM, THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL AND WALTER BENJAMIN2148-416310.9761/JASSS6953https://doaj.org/article/8283af03ef994cafb85ff3400668ddd02019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jasstudies.com/index.jsp?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=1776206419_7-Yrd.%20Do%C3%A7.%20Dr.%20Erdin%C3%A7%20Durmu%C5%9F.pdf&key=28225https://doaj.org/toc/2148-4163Marxist literary criticism has been developed on the basis of Marxist political ideas. Even though Marx makes important statements about culture and society in the 1850s Marxist criticism is a phenomenon that came into being in the twentieth century. According to Marx, the ideology, politics, and art which make up the superstructure of a society are all determined by the economic structure of that society. Karl Marx discusses the basic concepts of communism in his work “The Communist Manifesto” and asserts that societies and their economic systems are constantly in a process of evolution to create a classless society. The point in Marxist criticism is that literature cannot be separated or isolated from the ideological and the economic realities of the society in which this literature is produced. On the other hand, the Frankfurt School, which is practically a neo-Marxist one, is a critique of the enlightenment tradition. The radical change and the difference of critique between the two schools lie on the intellectual basis. As an Institute for Social Research originally, the Frankfurt School developed a neo-Marxist social theory. The members of the Frankfurt School borrowed from the theorists of the late- nineteenth century. Its members were basically pluralists. Walter Benjamin is an important member of the Frankfurt School. He was also under the influence of Marxism and showed an inclination to Marxist School, too. Benjamin mixes social criticism and linguistic analysis with historical nostalgia. The fundamental aesthetic differentiation for him is the one between creation and formation. According to Benjamin, criticism is the presentation of truth of a work of art. Criticism tries to culminate, complete and systematize what the work of art began.Erdinç DURMUŞBülent ALANFırat Universityarticlemarxismthe frankfurt schooltheorywalter benjaminSocial SciencesHSocial sciences (General)H1-99DEENFRTRJournal of Academic Social Science Studies , Vol 10, Iss 54, Pp 105-112 (2019)
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description	Marxist literary criticism has been developed on the basis of Marxist political ideas. Even though Marx makes important statements about culture and society in the 1850s Marxist criticism is a phenomenon that came into being in the twentieth century. According to Marx, the ideology, politics, and art which make up the superstructure of a society are all determined by the economic structure of that society. Karl Marx discusses the basic concepts of communism in his work “The Communist Manifesto” and asserts that societies and their economic systems are constantly in a process of evolution to create a classless society. The point in Marxist criticism is that literature cannot be separated or isolated from the ideological and the economic realities of the society in which this literature is produced. On the other hand, the Frankfurt School, which is practically a neo-Marxist one, is a critique of the enlightenment tradition. The radical change and the difference of critique between the two schools lie on the intellectual basis. As an Institute for Social Research originally, the Frankfurt School developed a neo-Marxist social theory. The members of the Frankfurt School borrowed from the theorists of the late- nineteenth century. Its members were basically pluralists. Walter Benjamin is an important member of the Frankfurt School. He was also under the influence of Marxism and showed an inclination to Marxist School, too. Benjamin mixes social criticism and linguistic analysis with historical nostalgia. The fundamental aesthetic differentiation for him is the one between creation and formation. According to Benjamin, criticism is the presentation of truth of a work of art. Criticism tries to culminate, complete and systematize what the work of art began.
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