Art covets no objects
Does Bersani's quote mean "the reason for the fact that a large percent of people are not interested in art is not that art is not effective or influential, but is that people are interested in objects while art is so pure that it avoids objects"?
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Leo Bersani puts forward a theory of sublimation in which ‘the disinterestedness generally associated with
art...is the sign not of a lack of affect but rather of a drive so pure that it covets no objects.’
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Bersani seems to be one of those rare individuals who knows what "disinterested" means. It does not mean "not interested". It means something more like "detached", "not engaged", "unbiased".
- Bersani seems to be one of those rare individuals who knows what "disinterested" means.
- It does not mean "not interested".
- It means something more like "detached", "not engaged", "unbiased".
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Bersani seems to be one of those rare individuals who knows what "disinterested" means. It does not mean "not interested". It means something more like "detached", "not engaged", "unbiased".
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