Art

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20 - Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 May 2020

Isabelle Garo

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Marcello Musto

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Karl Marx never wrote a work specifically on art. Yet one of his very first projects – even if it did not come to fruition – was an essay on Christian art, and the question of art never entirely disappeared from his view. Indeed, it made regular appearances, from the first to the last of his writings, with angles of approach that changed in the course of time. It was mainly art as a social activity that held his attention: in so far as this allows one to measure the development of individuals, and on the other hand the degree of their alienation, within a given historical formation, the level of artistic capacities may be considered the index of a historical process of emancipation. We may say therefore that art was a constant preoccupation for Marx.1

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Information: The Marx Revival
Key Concepts and New Critical Interpretations
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