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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

aesthetic democracy

What does aesthetic democracy mean? does it mean what the society's standard of aesthetic?
  

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These are two abstract concepts that ordinarily aren't joined, so the meaning is likely to be idiosyncratic to the author. It's best to tell us the context in which the phrase appears. One possible meaning is the setting the standards of taste by a population at large instead of the dictates of a few.

— Deadrat

  • These are two abstract concepts that ordinarily aren't joined, so the meaning is likely to be idiosyncratic to the author.
  • It's best to tell us the context in which the phrase appears.
  • One possible meaning is the setting the standards of taste by a population at large instead of the dictates of a few.
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These are two abstract concepts that ordinarily aren't joined, so the meaning is likely to be idiosyncratic to the author. It's best to tell us the context in which the phrase appears. One possible meaning is the setting the standards of taste by a population at large instead of the dictates of a few.
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The essay at http://theamericanreader.com/three-vistas/ may be of some use. The second paragraph even begins promisingly with the question "What is aesthetic democracy?". I did not care to read much further though. You may fare better than me.
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When I first tried to follow the link that GPY gives, I found it grayed out with a warning that it the url hadn't been checked for safety. A while later someone had evidently concluded that the link was safe to follow. It's true that The American Reader site won't harm your computer, but it's possibly harmful to your mental acuity. TAR is a self-described journal of literature and
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