Abstract

LOUREIRO, Robson; FONTE, Sandra Soares Della  and  OLIVEIRA, Tamiris Souza de. Catharsis and education of senses: The contribution of aesthetic philosophy of Theodor Adorno. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2017, vol.31, n.62, pp.695-726.  Epub Mar 09, 2021. ISSN 1982-596X.  https://doi.org/10.14393/revedfil.issn.0102-6801.v31n62a2017-p695a726.

This article investigates the potential of catharsis as an important concept present in Theodor Adorno´s Aesthetic Theory. It aims to scale the debate on aesthetic-cultural training and critical appropriation of culture industry products at school. In Adorno, the treatment given to catharsis suffers at least a double shift: a) in relation to psychoanalysis, reattaches the link to the objectivity of history; b) in relation to Aristotle, no longer an experience of the subject and is treated as a trait of the artwork. It proposes two lines of analysis: 1) a more direct link between the concept of catharsis in Adorno and aesthetic experience of arts education in school; 2) the extent of the authentic artistic work traces for knowledge to be treated pedagogically by the academic institution.

Keywords : Catharsis; Theodor Adorno; Critical educational theory.

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