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The Paradox of Pluralism in Hegel's Understanding of Art and Culture

Hegel's philosophy could be considered as a form of understanding, since in his aesthetics there are very clear characteristics of hermeneutic method. In order to clarify this position, I show the hermeneutics aspects of Hegel's philosophy of art, emphasizing thereby a peculiar paradox which supports the hypothesis that it is not possible to seriously judge art and its value without hermeneutic insight into the multiplicity of details, that is, into the concrete historical and cultural creativity of spirit. In his entire metaphysical system Hegel makes use of definitions and speculative postulates in order to explain the entirety and totality of the system and its dialectic, while in the case of aesthetics, he explains art as a form of spirit by considering and interpreting individual details, that is, the entire diversity of concrete artistic creation and creative productivity in various historical periods, in various nations and religions. In his philosophical system Hegel generally determines the concept and aim of art in formal and abstract terms, corresponding to the dialectic of the panlogical system which achieves its completion in absolute knowledge. I distinguish four theories which stand apart from Hegel's coherent concept of art and which I belive clearly show that the analysis of the development of art is conducted on a hermeneutic and less formal level, allowing pluralism of distinctions to be expressed.

esthetic, hermeneutics, dialectics, art, culture

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