Decadence and Aesthetics

Alexander Golob

doi:10.1017/9781108550826

Decadence and Aesthetics

Alexander Golob

Philosophy

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Abstract

The relationship between decadence and aesthetics is an intimate and complex one. Both the stock figure of the aesthete and the aestheticism of ‘art for art’s sake’ are classic decadent tropes with obvious sources in figures such as Théophile Gautier, Walter Pater, Joris-Karl Huysmans. Yet the links between aesthetics and decadence are more conflicted than might first appear: historically, aesthetics has served both as a site for the theorisation of decadence and as the basis of an attempt to stem it. The purpose of this chapter is to examine these intricate ties.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Decadence and Literature
Editors	David Weir, Jane Desmarais
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	115-131
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108550826
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019

Keywords

Decadence
Nietzsche
Philosophy of Art
Aesthetics
Pater
Kant
Decadent

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